Bangladesh Court Sentences Sheikh Hasina to Death in 2024 Mass Protests Case

Bangladesh: In a major breakthrough in Sheikh Hasina verdict, Bangladesh court has sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year, as per the reports of Reuters.

Bangladesh court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year: Reuters https://t.co/ePSSz5hjvU pic.twitter.com/WyHmkvhHat

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What is Bangladesh Awami League's reaction? 

After the Bangladesh court verdict, ''Reaction of the Bangladesh Awami League to the mock trial and verdict of the illegal and undemocratic occupying fascist Yunus government’s subservient kangaroo court. Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Presidium Member, Bangladesh Awami League.''

What Sheikh Hasina said about the verdict?

After the death sentence, Sheikh Hasina in her statement said, "The verdicts announced against me have been made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate. They are biased and politically motivated. In their distasteful call for the death penalty, they reveal the brazen and murderous intent of extremist figures within the interim government to remove Bangladesh’s last elected prime minister, and to nullify the Awami League as a political force." 

"I reject the ICT’s other allegations of human rights abuses as equally unevidenced. I am very proud of my government’s record on human rights and development. We led Bangladesh to join the International Criminal Court in 2010, gave refuge to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fleeing persecution in Myanmar, expanded access to electricity and education, and presided over a 450% GDP growth over 15 years, lifting millions out of poverty. These achievements are a matter of historical record. They are not the acts of a leadership unconcerned by human rights. And Dr Yunus and his vengeful cronies can claim no achievements that are remotely comparable," she further added.