Not just Hasina: These leaders were also condemned to death
The end of the golden beginning?
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was convicted in three cases on November 17 and sentenced to death in two.
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That moment when everything changed
In 2024, students started a protest against the quota system. This movement soon turned into widespread political upheaval.
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Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan)
Musharraf, who staged a coup in 1999, was sentenced to death for treason in 2019, but he was in exile and the sentence was not carried out.
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Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)
After 42 years in power, Gaddafi was captured by rebels in 2011 and executed without trial.
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Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania)
Ceausescu, who ruled from 1965-89, was executed on Christmas Day 25 December 1989 after a summary trial.
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Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
The former president of Iraq was sentenced to death for the 1982 Dajjal massacre and was hanged on 30 December 2006.
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Charles Taylor (Liberia)
Former Liberian president convicted of civil war and diamond-weapons trade; He was not sentenced to death but not less than life imprisonment.
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Vidkun Quisling (Norway)
Quisling, who worked for Nazi Germany in World War II, was hanged in 1945.
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