Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina receives sentence of six months in contempt case
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\nBangladesh\u2019s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Al Jazeera reported. The verdict was delivered in Hasina\u2019s absence, as she remains self-exiled in India following a student-led uprising last August that toppled her government. The sentence will take effect upon her arrest or voluntary surrender.<\/p>\n
The contempt charges relate to an audio recording in which Hasina allegedly stated, \u201cThere are 227 cases against me, so I now have a licence to kill 227 people.\u201d A government forensic report confirmed the tape\u2019s authenticity. Alongside Hasina, Shakil Akand Bulbul, a senior figure in the banned student wing of her party, was sentenced to two months.<\/p>\n
The ICT, originally established in 2010 to prosecute war crimes from Bangladesh\u2019s 1971 independence war, has been repurposed by the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to address alleged rights violations and corruption under Hasina\u2019s rule. Hasina\u2019s supporters claim the trials are politically motivated, while the caretaker government insists they are essential for justice and accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina receives sentence of six months in contempt case ————————————- Bangladesh\u2019s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Al Jazeera reported. The verdict was delivered in Hasina\u2019s absence, as she remains self-exiled in India following a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh"],"yoast_head":"\n