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The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has ordered the execution by hanging of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and erstwhile Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal aft uncovering them blameworthy of genocide committed during the July-August 2024 violence successful a lawsuit involving crimes against humanity. At the aforesaid time, erstwhile Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun who turned authorities witnesser and testified earlier the tribunal against the erstwhile Prime Minister and Home Minister has been sentenced to 5 years successful situation aft admitting his involvement.
On Monday (November 17, 2025), the three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md. Golam Mortuza Mozumder, work the summary of 453-page verdict consists of six sections successful lack of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan. The different members of the tribunal are Justice Md. Shafiul Alam Mahmood and Md. Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. ICT started speechmaking the verdict astatine astir 12:30 p.m. Bangladesh Television broadcasted the verdict unrecorded from the courtroom of ICT-1. Earlier, Prosecutor Tajul Islam had appealed for the highest punishment for Sheikh Hasina successful this case.
Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was brought earlier the Tribunal astatine astir 9:10 a.m., successful a situation van nether dense security. Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdha, member of Mir Mugdha who was killed during the July uprising, came to perceive the verdict astatine the tribunal wherever helium said, “For the injustice and brutality committed by Sheikh Hasina, adjacent a 1000 decease sentences would not beryllium enough. It is not lone indispensable to denote the verdict, but she indispensable besides beryllium brought backmost to the state arsenic soon arsenic the verdict is delivered, and the punishment indispensable beryllium executed connected the ungraded of this country.”
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Leaders and activists from assorted governmental and societal organisations gathered extracurricular the International Crimes Tribunal arsenic the verdict successful the lawsuit against erstwhile Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was being work out. A radical of students besides gathered successful the TSC country of Dhaka University. They were seen chanting slogans demanding the execution of Sheikh Hasina.
Unrest has erupted successful respective parts of the state surrounding the verdict. A two-day lockdown called by Sheikh Hasina’s Party Bangladesh Awami League has been observed for the past 2 days. The enactment activists brought retired processions successful respective places protesting the verdict. Several Awami League leaders and activists person besides been arrested. Crude bombs were besides blasted successful aforesaid places including successful beforehand of the bureau of National Citizen Party (NCP) that led the July uprising against Hasina past year.
Centering the verdict, Dhaka is connected precocious alert, dense information has been deployed astir the International Crimes Tribunal. From the Supreme Court premises to the tribunal compound, members of the Army, police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) person been positioned successful ample numbers. Since Monday greeting (November 17, 2025), the tribunal and its surrounding areas person been placed nether a choky information cordon. Security unit were seen maintaining strict vigilance astir the Supreme Court. Army members were seen stationed adjacent the Mazar Gate successful the capital, portion police, RAB, and different instrumentality enforcement units patrolled some wrong and extracurricular the tribunal premises. Under the inaugural of Ministry of Cultural Affairs, ample screens were acceptable up astatine cardinal locations crossed the superior to broadcast the proceedings, allowing the nationalist to travel the verdict successful existent time.
The verdict has besides been streamed unrecorded for audiences astir the world. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sajjat Ali has instructed constabulary unit to unfastened occurrence if anyone attempts to torch vehicles oregon hurl crude bombs that endanger lives.
Ahead of the verdict, a radical of protesters claiming affiliation with an organisation called “Red July” brought 2 excavators to demolish the remaining portions of the location of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman astatine Dhanmondi-32 successful Dhaka astir astatine 12 noon. Army and constabulary charged batons connected the protesters. At slightest 2 dependable grenades were lobbed to disperse the protesters.
Following the autumn of Awami League authorities connected August 5, 2024, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was reconstituted. The archetypal lawsuit (a miscellaneous case) taken up by the reorganised tribunal regarding crimes against humanity committed during the July wide uprising was filed against Sheikh Hasina. On October 17, 2024, the archetypal proceeding of the reconstituted tribunal was held, and connected the aforesaid day, an apprehension warrant was issued against Sheikh Hasina.
Initially, Sheikh Hasina was the sole accused successful the case. On March 16, 2025, the prosecution sought to see erstwhile IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun arsenic a co-accused on with Sheikh Hasina, and the tribunal granted the request. After respective extensions, the tribunal’s probe bureau submitted the probe study to the Office of the Chief Prosecutor connected May 12, 2025. On June 1, 2025, the prosecution submitted ceremonial charges against each 3 accused.
Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan stay fugitives and erstwhile IGP Abdullah Al-Mamun is the lone accused nether arrest. On the time charges were framed (July 10), Mamun admitted engagement successful crimes against humanity committed during the wide uprising and applied to go an “approver” (state witness). Arguments successful the lawsuit began connected October 12 and concluded connected October 23. Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam demanded the decease punishment for Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan for crimes against humanity during the July uprising.
State-appointed lawyer Md. Amir Hossain represented fugitive accused Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman. In arguments, helium sought acquittal for both. The lawyer for approver Abdullah Al-Mamun, Zayed Bin Amjad, besides sought acquittal. The prosecution listed 81 witnesses. Of them, 54, including Abdullah Al-Mamun and the probe officers, testified earlier the tribunal. The prosecution’s complaint expanse was 135 pages long, accompanied by 8,747 pages of documents and evidence.
A full of 5 charges person been brought against Sheikh Hasina and the 2 different accused successful the case. These include: delivering inciting speeches; ordering the elimination of protesters utilizing lethal weapons; the shooting and sidesplitting of Abu Said, a pupil of Begum Rokeya University successful Rangpur; the shooting and sidesplitting of six protesters successful the Chankharpul country of the capital; and the sidesplitting of six radical by burning them successful Ashulia.
