PersonConvicted
Sheikh Hasina
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- Role
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh until she was toppled in a mass uprising on 5 August 2024
- Status
- Sentenced to death while absent, 17 November 2025, and to five years in a plot-allocation corruption case on 1 December 2025; in India, where Bangladesh was seeking her handover under the extradition treaty as of 5 November 2026
- Flagged for
- Sentenced to death by International Crimes Tribunal-1 on 17 November 2025 for crimes against humanity during the July 2024 uprising, and to five years by a Dhaka special court on 1 December 2025 for corruption in a plot allocation
Connections (5)
- International Crimes Tribunal-1 / Sentenced to death, 17 November 2025 / Sheikh Hasina
- Prothom Alo reports that the tribunal found the crimes of Sheikh Hasina and two other accused proven and sentenced her to death, in the first case over killings and other crimes against humanity during the July uprising. She remained absconding and was in India.17 Nov 2025 · Prothom Alo · Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death
- In a statement after the verdict, Hasina denounced it as “biased and politically motivated” and called the court a “rigged tribunal”. She said: “neither I nor other political leaders ordered the killing of protesters.” Al Jazeera reports she cannot appeal unless she surrenders or is arrested within 30 days of the judgment.17 Nov 2025 · Al Jazeera · Bangladesh tribunal sentences fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death
- Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Humaiun Kobir, said on 5 November 2026 that Bangladesh wants her handed over under the extradition treaty with India, and that the country would keep pursuing the matter through legal and diplomatic channels.5 Nov 2026 · UNB (via The Daily Star) · ‘Is she coming to visit her in-laws?’: No passport for Hasina, says Humaiun Kobir
- Sheikh Hasina / Convicted of crimes against humanity over the crackdown on / July uprising, 2024
- The charges included delivering inciting speeches and ordering the use of lethal weapons to suppress and eliminate protesters, according to Prothom Alo. Her government was toppled in the uprising on 5 August 2024.17 Nov 2025 · Prothom Alo · Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death
- The tribunal found her guilty of incitement, order to kill and inaction to prevent the atrocities, Al Jazeera reports. Hasina said she and Asaduzzaman Khan “acted in good faith and were trying to minimise the loss of life”.17 Nov 2025 · Al Jazeera · Bangladesh tribunal sentences fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to death
- Sheikh Hasina / Leader of / Awami League
- Sheikh Hasina / Sentenced to five years in, 1 December 2025 / Dhaka plot-allocation corruption case
- Judge Rabiul Alam of Dhaka’s Special Judge’s Court said Hasina misused her power as premier in the transaction. In a statement to AFP she rejected the verdict: “No country is free from corruption. But corruption needs to be investigated in a way that is not itself corrupt. The ACC has failed that test today.” The Awami League called the verdict “entirely predictable”.1 Dec 2025 · Al Jazeera · Bangladesh sentences British MP, Sheikh Hasina’s niece, to prison
- Tulip Siddiq / Niece of / Sheikh Hasina