India now faces a choice that will define its credibility as a regional power committed to justice and the rule of law. With Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, New Delhi should honor its obligations under the 2013 extradition treaty and return her to Dhaka without hesitation.
Bangladesh is moving to extradite deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, both sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
Bangladesh ended a 22-year winless run against India with a 1–0 victory Tuesday in an AFC Asian Cup Qualifier, lifted by an early strike from Sheikh Morsalin. The forward scored in the 11th minute, finishing a low cross from Rakib Hossain after a quick counterattack at the National Stadium in Dhaka.
The death sentence handed to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks a major, if fraught, victory for Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, whose government vowed to deliver justice for last year’s deadly crackdown on student protesters. The International Crimes Tribunal’s 453-page judgment fulfilled one of Yunus’s earliest promises, and the verdict drew cheering crowds outside […]
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said Monday that the death sentence handed to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina marks an important step toward accountability after last year’s deadly July uprising.
Bangladesh prosecutors say they were bombarded with threatening phone calls from Indian numbers on the night before the International Crimes Tribunal delivered its landmark verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, describing the intimidation as an attempt to disrupt the judicial process and unsettle the prosecution team.
Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death Monday after a war-crimes tribunal found her guilty of orchestrating a state-directed campaign of killings, torture and the burning of bodies during last year’s July uprising. The International Crimes Tribunal ruled that Hasina, 78, ordered lethal force, including drones, helicopters and live ammunition, against unarmed […]
A Bangladeshi war-crimes tribunal on Monday sentenced former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death for four counts of crimes against humanity linked to last year’s July uprising.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Monday sentenced former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to five years in prison for crimes against humanity during last year’s July Uprising. The three-member panel, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, said Mamun avoided a death sentence after turning state witness and providing what judges described as a […]
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s account of why she fled Bangladesh is facing growing scrutiny as independent investigations continue to tie her government to last year’s deadly crackdown on student protesters.
