ICT Verdict Live on Sheikh Hasina: The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday convicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others, of crimes against humanity related to the demonstrations in July of last year.
Besides Hasina, the other accused are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police, Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who is in custody and has pleaded guilty. The three-member Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, will pronounce its verdict today.
What are the charges against Sheikh Hasina?
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has been charged with multiple crimes, including mass killings over the July-August 2024 uprising in Bangladesh. The mass student-led agitation saw the death of around 1,400 people. It was reported that her government ordered a sweeping security crackdown.
The three accused are all charged with crimes against humanity. The case list crimes under five counts, with the first one alleging the defendants of murder, attempted murder, torture, and other inhumane acts, reported PTI.
Ahead of the verdict, the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka has been placed under unprecedented security. Furthermore, amid an already tensed situation, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Sunday issued a ‘shoot-at-sight order’ targeting individuals engaged in arson attacks, cocktail explosions or attempts to harm police and civilians ahead of the ICT verdict, the report said.
Hasina’s Awami League had organised a 2-day protest for November 16–17 which coincided with an increase in cocktail explosions and arson incidents throughout the capital, the report added. In the past two days, Dhaka witnessed nine incidents of arson and multiple explosions in areas such as Mirpur, Hatirjheel, Agargaon, New Eskaton, and near the Airport railway station.
Hasina speaks ahead of verdict
Hasina, in an audio message uploaded on her Awami League website, asked her party leaders and activists not to worry about the sentence saying “we have seen enough of these attacks and cases”.
“Let them try me, I don’t care, Allah has given me the life and one day I will die, but I am working for the people of the county and continue to do it,” she said.
In an South China Morning Post last week, Hasina had described the ICT as a politically motivated “hatchet job” orchestrated by her rivals. “Bangladesh’s so-called International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) is neither international, nor even a tribunal. It is a judicial mockery,” she had said.
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Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Court pronounces charges against Sheikh Hasina
Pronouncing the judgement, the court said Sheikh Hasina committed crimes against humanity by her incitement order and also failure to take preventive and punitive measures under charge 1.
In charge 2, the court said, Hasina committed one count of crimes against humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal weapons.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Court gives death sentence to Sheikh Hasina
The Bangladesh ICT sentenced ousted PM Sheikh Hasina to imprisonment till death on one of the three charges.
The court is reading the sentence on killings and lethal weapons charges.
On all the charges, the ICT awards death sentence to Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Bangladesh court read verdict, says Hasina's orders led to killings
A Bangladesh court on Monday found ousted PM and Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity.
“…Sheikh Hasina has committed crimes against humanity. Six protesters at Chankharpul were killed using lethal weapons on August 5. By issuing orders and through the inaction of Sheikh Hasina, the then Home Minister, and the IG of police, the students were killed. These killings happened under the orders and full knowledge of PM Sheikh Hasina. By such acts, they committed crimes against humanity, " the court read the charges.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: 'Sheikh Hasina committed crimes by her order to use drones, lethal weapons' - ICT
Pronouncing a detailed verdict on Sheikh Hasina and two of her aides., the court said, "Accused prime minister Sheikh Hasina committed crimes against humanity by her incitement order and also failure to take preventive and punitive measures under charge 1."
It added that "accused Sheikh Hasina committed one count of crimes against humanity by her order to use drones, helicopters and lethal weapons under charge number 2."
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: 'Hasina libel to be punished', tribunal convicts ousted PM
The Bangladesh ICT on Monday said that Sheikh Hasina is "libel to be punished" for "crime against humanity" conducted during the protests in August 2004.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: About Bangladesh's ICT, a court created by Hasina
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was established in 2010 by ousted PM Hasina’s Awami League government to prosecute people for atrocities committed during Bangladesh’s liberation war in 1971. Later, while the tribunal fulfilled a longstanding national demand for accountability, it soon became one of the country’s most politically divisive institutions.
Over the next decade, the ICT convicted and executed several opposition leaders, mainly from Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The execution drew criticism from global rights groups, which accused the tribunal of procedural flaws, rushed trials and selective targeting. Hasina’s government denied the allegations.
Despite the controversies, ICT remained one of Hasina’s most powerful judicial instruments – a court she created, expanded and heavily defended. And today, the same court is pronouncing verdict against her.
After her government was toppled in August 2024, the new interim administration reconstituted the tribunal to investigate the killings and abuses linked to the government crackdown on protesters. In an unprecedented reversal of roles, the court Hasina created just tried her as well as the former home minister and police chief for crimes against humanity.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity
Bangladesh's ICT court has convicted ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity on Monday, reported Reuters.
This follows a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Visuals from outside Bangladesh ICT ahead of verdict on Sheikh Hasina - Watch
Here are the visuals from outside the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ahead of the announcement of the verdict in the case accusing ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun of committing crimes against humanity.
The tribunal is reading the verdict.
#watch | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Visuals from outside the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ahead of the announcement of the verdict in the case accusing ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police… pic.twitter.com/os5ByqTkgy
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2025
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Hasina 'mastermind' of Bangladesh protests - What prosecution said in ICT
The Chief Prosecutor in the case, Mohammad Tajul Islam has described Hasina as the “mastermind and principal architect” of the alleged atrocities during the Bangladesh protests.
The tribunal concluded hearings on October 23 after 28 working days. AP reported that during this time, 54 witnesses testified about the state's response to the student-led movement that toppled Hasina's government on August 5, 2024.
Hasina fled Bangladesh the same day amid intensifying unrest and has since been residing in India. Kamal is also believed to have taken refuge in India. The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has sought Hasina's extradition, but India has yet to respond.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Dhaka witnessed violence for the past few days, security tightened
The situation in Dhaka has been tensed for the past few days in view of the ICT verdict against Hasina, and two her aides.
On Sunday, violence was reported in various parts of Bangladesh. There have been incidents of car arson, cocktail explosions and road blockades across the country.
The government has reportedly deployed border guards in addition to the army and police. People reportedly also blocked the highway by throwing trees at several places.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Who are the three persons ICT is delivering verdict against?
The three-member Bangladesh tribunal is pronouncing its judgement against Hasina and her two aides, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. They have also been charged with crime against humanity. Mamun, reports said, was produced before the tribunal.
Hasina and Kamal were declared fugitives and tried in absentia. Whereas, Mamun initially faced trial in person before turning approver.
Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the accused.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Protesters gather with bulldozers outside Sheikh Hasina's house
Massive protest outside Sheikh Hasina's house in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Protesters have gathered outside her house as with bulldozers.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) has begun delivering its verdict in the case against her and two others.
Sheikh Hasina ICT Verdict Live: Tribunal begins delivering verdict in case against ex-PM Hasina
Bangladesh's ICT begins delivering its verdict in the case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina. She is being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year's student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
In Dhaka, families and protesters rally outside the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) seeking the death penalty for former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
VIDEO | Dhaka, Bangladesh: Families and protesters rally outside the tribunal demanding the death penalty for former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.#dhaka #bangladesh #sheikhhasina
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 17, 2025
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