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Bangladesh's Ex-PM Sentenced to Death: Here's Everything You Need to Know

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November 17, 2025

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Cheers rang out in a packed Bangladeshi courtroom on Nov 17, when the country’s ousted prime minister was sentenced to death for violently suppressing student protests in 2024. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal found the 78-year-old former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, guilty of crimes against humanity, after her orders during a bloody summer crackdown last year led to around 1,400 deaths and 25,000 injuries.

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