Hasina faces ‘mock trial for death’, allege allies

SOURCES close to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have denounced her ongoing trial before Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) as a politically motivated attempt by the “illegal Yunus-led interim government” to stage a mock trial aimed at sentencing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death as the tribunal prepares to announce the date for its verdict.

- JAYANTH JACOB @New Delhi

The tribunal, chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, has completed hearings in the case accusing Hasina and two others of crimes against humanity linked to the July-August 2024 student movement. The court is scheduled to set a date for its judgment on November 13, a development that has heightened political tension across Dhaka.

According to sources close to Hasina, the ICT has been illegally repurposed to pursue a political vendetta against “Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s daughter.”