Ex-PM Hasina sentenced to death over 2024 student uprising

AWANI

Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death after a tribunal ruled she was guilty of crimes against humanity in 2024’s deadly student protests.

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00:00Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death for her role in last year's deadly student protests.

00:08A Dhaka tribunal found her guilty of crimes against humanity.

00:12The verdict delivered in her absence prompted a heavy security response,

00:16with police moving in to disperse protesters gathered ahead of the ruling.

00:21The International Crimes Tribunal said Hasina ordered security forces to use lethal force during the 2024 uprising.

00:30Which the United Nations say left up to 1,400 people dead, one of the deadliest political clashes in Bangladesh's history.

00:39Prosecutors had sought the maximum penalty, saying she bore ultimate responsibility for the systematic and widespread violence against civilians.

00:49Hasina, who fled to India after being ousted last August, rejected the ruling as biased and politically motivated.

00:57In a five-page statement, she said she is not afraid to face her accusers in a proper tribunal and that her legal team will appeal the decision.

01:08Heavy security remains in Dhaka, with roads blocked and riot police deployed around the tribunal complex.

01:16The verdict comes as Bangladesh prepares for elections expected in February 2026, amid rising political tensions and months of unrest.

01:27The verdict is not a major in the

01:36Trailer of the court is not only a city of the court, but not an arrest.

01:39The verdict comes as an arrest.

01:44The verdict comes as a result.

01:46The verdict comes as an arrest.

01:48The verdict comes as a result.

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