Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death for alleged crimes against humanity by a special tribunal in Dhaka, following a months-long trial over her government’s deadly crackdown on student-led protests in July-August 2024. Hasina, tried in absentia while in exile in India, was found guilty on five counts – including inciting and permitting murder, ordering lethal weapon use against protesters, specific killings of students, and command responsibility for mass violence.