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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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"Yunus Can't Touch My Mother": Sheikh Hasina's Son On Death Verdict
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.
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Opinion: How Hasina's Death Sentence Has Put Delhi-Dhaka Relations At Crossroads
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, which also included directing destructive force during the June 2024 student-led protests.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Sheikh Hasina Death Sentence Is Illegal, Unimplementable, Untenable: Sources
Serious legal, constitutional, and procedural lapses have raised profound concerns about the validity of the death sentence handed down to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B).
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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Sheikh Hasina Sentenced To Death By Court She Created To Try War Criminals
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the court she established in 2010 to try war crimes from the 1971 liberation war.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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"Muhammad Yunus Wants Civil War": Sheikh Hasina's Aide After Death Penalty Verdict
The Awami League has slammed the Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh over "staged drama" in what they called a "kangaroo court", after the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death.
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Dhaka Courtroom Erupts In Claps, Cheers As Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty
Sheikh Hasina, 78, was sentenced to death for 'crimes against humanity' committed during last year's anti-government agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: A Look Back At Turmoil In Bangladesh
Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.
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Bangladesh Okays Death Penalty For Enforced Disappearances
Bangladesh's government approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of "enforced disappearance", amidthe ongoing trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 serving military officers over crimes against humanity.
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Opinion | Why Calling Hasina's Trial 'Unfair' Is Missing The Point Entirely
This whole process essentially marks a departure from past eras in Bangladesh when trials-even of mass atrocity-were weak on facts, heavy on politics.
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"Yunus Can't Touch My Mother": Sheikh Hasina's Son On Death Verdict
Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.
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Opinion: How Hasina's Death Sentence Has Put Delhi-Dhaka Relations At Crossroads
The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, which also included directing destructive force during the June 2024 student-led protests.
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Opinion | Dhaka Irony: How A Court Set Up By Hasina's Father Sentenced Her To Death
As each day passes, the darkness of religious intolerance will only grow. That, in some ways, is even more dangerous. Especially now. Radicalism doesn't come out of a vacuum.
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Sheikh Hasina Death Sentence Is Illegal, Unimplementable, Untenable: Sources
Serious legal, constitutional, and procedural lapses have raised profound concerns about the validity of the death sentence handed down to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B).
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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Sheikh Hasina Sentenced To Death By Court She Created To Try War Criminals
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the court she established in 2010 to try war crimes from the 1971 liberation war.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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"Muhammad Yunus Wants Civil War": Sheikh Hasina's Aide After Death Penalty Verdict
The Awami League has slammed the Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh over "staged drama" in what they called a "kangaroo court", after the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death.
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Dhaka Courtroom Erupts In Claps, Cheers As Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty
Sheikh Hasina, 78, was sentenced to death for 'crimes against humanity' committed during last year's anti-government agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: A Look Back At Turmoil In Bangladesh
Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.
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Bangladesh Okays Death Penalty For Enforced Disappearances
Bangladesh's government approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of "enforced disappearance", amidthe ongoing trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 serving military officers over crimes against humanity.
