Bangladesh’s ousted and self-exiled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to six months in prison by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday in a contempt of court case, a top prosecutor said.

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

Earlier in June, the ICT formally charged Sheikh Hasina with crimes against humanity related to her alleged role in orchestrating a brutal crackdown on nationwide protests during July and August 2024.

Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Wednesday sentenced to six months in jail by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a contempt of court case, according to local media reports.

The sentence marks the first time that the ousted Awami League leader has been sentenced in any case since she fled the country around a year ago.

Shakil Akand Bulbul, a senior figure in the Awami League’s banned student wing, Chhatra League, was also sentenced to two months in the same case. The contempt charges stem from an audio recording in which Hasina was allegedly heard saying,

A special tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced the country’s fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison in a contempt of court case, a top prosecutor said on Wednesday. The International Crimes Tribunal,

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in jail by the International Crimes Tribunal for contempt of court. The verdict comes after a leaked audio call revealed Hasina allegedly mocking the judiciary and referencing a “license to kill” 227 people during the 2024 protests.