Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to 6 months in prison by ICT: Report

07/02/2025

Dhaka, July 2: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced ousted Awami League leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison in a contempt of court case Wednesday, according to reports by The Dhaka Tribune.

A three-member bench headed by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder delivered the verdict. According to the report, the court also acquitted Shakil Akand Bulbul of Gobindaganj in Gaibandha to two months in prison.

 

This marks the first time that the ousted Awami League leader has been sentenced in any case since she left office and fled the country 11 months ago.

Earlier in June, ICT formally charged Hasina with crimes against humanity, alleging her role in ordering mass killings during a nationwide uprising in July, local media reported.

According to reports by The Dhaka Tribune, charges submitted by Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam and his team accuse Hasina of being the chief instigator behind the violent crackdown that unfolded during the July and August in 2024.

On August 5, 2024, Sheikh Hasina resigned, vacated her residence in Dhaka and left the country for an undisclosed location in India, as protesters came out on the streets of Dhaka defying curfew orders. After entering Indian airspace, the helicopter she was flying in circled for some time and later landed at a BSF helipad in Agartala. She went to Delhi from there and landed at the Indian military airbase in Hindon.-Agencies

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