Rush Hour: Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death by tribunal, EC orders Assam voter list revision & more
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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after finding her guilty of crimes against humanity for the crackdown on the protests against her government in 2024. The tribunal, in its verdict, said that the attacks were “directed against the civilian population” and were “widespread and systematic”.
Hasina, however, described the tribunal as biased and politically motivated, and denied having ordered firing on protesters.
The verdict was the first in a series of four cases related to crimes allegedly committed during her government’s response to the several weeks of widespread student-led protests against the Awami League government in July and August 2024.
Amid the protests in 2024, Hasina had resigned as the prime minister and fled to India on August 5. She had been in power for 16 years. Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government three days later. Read on.
The Election Commission has ordered a “special revision” of the voter rolls in Assam. The qualifying date for the state to carry out the exercise will be January 1,...
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