A tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for her involvement in the use of deadly force against protesters last year. She fled to India and was sentenced in absentia.

A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan to death on charges of crimes against humanity carried out during last year’s student protests.

The Bangladesh Awami League (AL), currently banned by the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has strongly rejected the death sentence issued against its president and former PM Sheikh Hasina by the country''s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).