Death Sentence  for Sheikh Hasina - video Dailymotion

Watch Death Sentence  for Sheikh Hasina - AlArabiya English on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00Ahead of the first elections since her ouster, Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal

00:06has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after convicting her of crimes against humanity.

00:15The former Prime Minister, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, having held power for more than 15 years,

00:22was tried in absentia on charges of ordering a brutal crackdown on a student-led uprising in mid-2024,

00:32an assault that left around 1,400 people dead.

00:36Prosecutors also allege that she oversaw forced disappearances

00:40and the torture of opposition activists in secret detention centres run by security agencies.

00:46But Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India, rejects all accusations,

00:52describing the verdict as biased and politically motivated.