Bangladesh: Hasina Found Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 9, 2021. © 2021 Michel Euler/AP Photo The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh on November 17, 2025, found Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, the former home minister, guilty of crimes against humanity during the violent suppression of student-led protests in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today.Both were prosecuted in absentia, not represented by counsel of their choosing, and sentenced to death, raising serious human…

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