{"id":22843,"date":"2025-11-18T06:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T05:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22843"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T05:11:56","slug":"ex-bangladesh-pm-sheikh-hasina-sentenced-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=22843","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Sentenced to Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/strong> &#8211; A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after convicting her of crimes against humanity. The verdict, delivered earlier today, marks a significant escalation in the political landscape of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Ghulam Mortuza Mozumder announced the sentence in a packed courtroom in Dhaka, stating that Hasina was found guilty on three counts. These charges included inciting violence, issuing orders for killings, and failing to prevent atrocities. &#8220;We have decided to impose a single punishment upon her&#8230; that is death,&#8221; the judge declared.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling, broadcast live on national television, concluded a months-long trial. The court determined that Sheikh Hasina issued orders for the violent suppression of a student uprising that occurred last year. The judge emphasized that &#8220;all the elements constituting crimes against humanity have been met.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The 78-year-old former Prime Minister reportedly refused to comply with court orders to return from India to attend her trial.<\/em> The absence has fueled further controversy surrounding the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing is likely to trigger widespread protests and political instability in Bangladesh. Security measures have been heightened across the country in anticipation of unrest. This decision has far-reaching implications for the future of Bangladeshi politics. The international community is closely monitoring the situation as it unfolds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka, Bangladesh &#8211; A court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death after convicting her of crimes against humanity. The verdict, delivered earlier today, marks a significant escalation in the political landscape of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Ghula&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22845,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22843\/revisions\/22845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}