Hearing of prosecution appeal seeking death penalty for Hasina, Kamal this week
This news article from the Dhaka Tribune (published January 11, 2026) reports that a prosecution appeal seeking the death penalty for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is expected to be heard in court within days. Both were previously sentenced to life imprisonment on one charge and death on another by an International Crimes Tribunal in connection with crimes against humanity during Bangladesh's July 2024 uprising, and the prosecution is specifically appealing to replace the life imprisonment sentence with death. The article details the two charges: the first related to Hasina's labeling of protesters as "Razakars" and the police killing of Abu Sayed in Rangpur, and the second related to alleged orders to use drones and lethal force against protesters, resulting in multiple killings on August 5, 2024. The prosecution filed its appeal on December 15, 2025, within the required 30-day window after the full verdict was published.
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Dhaka Tribune. "Hearing of prosecution appeal seeking death penalty for Hasina, Kamal this week." Dhaka Tribune, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/hearing-of-prosecution-appeal-seeking-death-penalty-for-hasi-0fcda161.
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