Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina gets death penalty
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The former prime minister was tried by a special tribunal after 1,400 died during a crackdown on unrest in 2024.
Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death by a special tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity in relation to the fatal crackdown on a student uprising last year that led to the end of her 15-year rule.