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.
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.
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.
The son of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has warned that Awami League supporters will block February’s national election unless the ban on the party is lifted, issuing a series of remarks that analysts say amount to a political threat and a signal of escalating unrest.
Bangladesh’s constitutional commitment to secularism is not a rejection of religion. It is a safeguard for all faiths, especially for minority communities that rely on the state’s neutrality for protection. The 15th Amendment restored this balance after decades in which religious identity was leveraged for political purposes. Undoing that step risks reintroducing majoritarian pressures that […]
