Fugitive Bangladeshi ex-Premier Hasina sentenced to death over crimes against humanity

Sheikh Hasina fled to India on Aug. 05 last year after weeks of deadly protests which ended her 15-year rule

SM Najmus Sakib and Riyaz ul Khaliq

DHAKA / ISTANBUL (AA) - A court in Dhaka on Monday sentenced to death fugitive Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, finding her guilty of crimes against humanity committed last year during mass demonstrations against her government.

The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal pronounced the verdict against Hasina and her former aides.

Hasina fled to India on Aug. 5 last year at the height of a mass uprising against her government, which led to the deaths of over 1400 people.

She was later charged with crimes against humanity, among other cases.

The mass student-led uprising last year ousted Hasina's Awami League government, which had ruled the South Asian nation for over 15 years.

Hasina committed crimes against humanity in the cases, the court said in the verdict, adding that Hasina was the “superior commander of all the atrocities.”

"The crimes happened in her (Hasina’s) cool knowledge," read a three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, from the 453-page judgement.

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