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This Monday (11/17), the Bangladesh International Crimes Court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 78, to death. This was a high-profile trial, and the sentence came after months of proceedings, which ended with the woman being found guilty of crimes against humanity.
The decision was made due to the order of violent repression against student demonstrations that took place in the country in 2024, which ended in a very high number of victims. “All the constituent elements of a crime against humanity are gathered. We have decided to impose a single penalty, the death penalty”, ruled judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder.
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The so-called “Generation Z movement” took place between July and August 2024, being motivated by a quota system considered controversial. The system reserved a third of government jobs for relatives of veterans of the 1971 War of Independence.
The population revolted, but the government took the decision to implement very harsh repression. According to information from G1, they point out that up to 1,400 people may have died during the protests, and thousands more were injured.
In fact, this was the most violent episode in Bangladesh since the 1971 war. Prosecutors claimed to have found evidence of Hasina’s orders to use lethal force. The former prime minister took office in 2009 but fled to India in August 2024. She is the daughter of the country’s founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
