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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sentenced to Death Over Brutal Crackdown

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a news conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 6, 2014. AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, FileBangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to death on Nov. 17 over her crackdown in 2024 on a student uprising that killed hundreds of people and led to the collapse of her 15-year rule.The International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh), based in the capital of Dhaka, passed sentence on Hasina and her close aide, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, for crimes against humanity over the way that deadly force was used against protesters.

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