Bangladesh's Fugitive Ex-Leader Sentenced to Six Months for Contempt of Court
BANGLADESH, JUL 1 – Sheikh Hasina was sentenced in absentia by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal for contempt related to a leaked audio threatening judicial witnesses amid ongoing human rights trials.
- Bangladesh convicted fugitive ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of contempt of court, sentencing her to six months in prison.
- In the same case, Shaik Akanda Bulbul, a fugitive leader of Hasina's Awami League, received a two-month prison sentence.
- Hasina's sentence will begin when she returns to Bangladesh or surrenders to the court.
- The contempt charges arose from a leaked recording in which Hasina allegedly stated, 'there are 227 cases against me, so I now have a licence to kill 227 people.
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Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill
A tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of court for allegedly claiming she had a license to kill at least 227 people.
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