Trial of Sheikh Hasina
| Trial of Sheikh Hasina | |
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Verdict of the trial being telecast live at the Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka. | |
| Court | International Crimes Tribunal-1 (Bangladesh) |
| Full case name | Chief Prosecutor vs. Sheikh Hasina & Others |
| Submitted | 1 June 2025 |
| Decided | 17 November 2025 |
| Verdict | Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun guilty of crimes against humanity.
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| Charge |
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| Prosecution | Mohammad Tajul Islam (on behalf of the state) |
| Defense | Md Amir Hossain (on behalf of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, in absentia)
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| Citation | ICT BD Case No. 02 of 2025 |
| Legislation cited | International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent action | Separate contempt of court conviction (2 July 2025): 6 months in prison. |
| Court membership | |
| Chairman | Golam Mortuza Mozumder |
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The Chief Prosecutor vs. Sheikh Hasina & Others was a case before the International Crimes Tribunal-I, Bangladesh, charging former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun with crimes against humanity related to the government's violent suppression of protests in July and August 2024. Hasina and Kamal, who were tried in absentia, were convicted on 17 November 2025 and sentenced to death. Mamun, who had been in police custody since September 2024, was also found guilty but received a five-year prison term after cooperating with investigators and serving as a state witness.
The charges were formally submitted in June 2025 by the prosecution, led by Mohammad Tajul Islam, while court-appointed attorney Amir Hossain represented the defendants tried in absentia. The proceedings were adjudicated by a three-judge panel of the tribunal. The charges stemmed from the state's response to the 2024 protests, which international observers and human rights organisations described as among the deadliest civilian crackdowns in Bangladesh since independence.