ICT verdict on Hasina LIVE: Death sentence to ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, former Minister Kamal in college students crackdown case
On Monday (November 17, 2025), the three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md. Golam Mortuza Mozumder, learn the abstract of 453-page verdict consists of six sections in absence of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan. The different members of the tribunal are Justice Md. Shafiul Alam Mahmood and Md. Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. ICT began studying the decision at round 12:30 p.m. Bangladesh Television broadcasted the decision stay from the courtroom of ICT-1. Earlier, Prosecutor Tajul Islam had appealed for the best punishment for Sheikh Hasina on this case.
Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was introduced earlier than the Tribunal at round 9:10 a.m., in a jail van beneath heavy safety. Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdha, brother of Mir Mugdha who was killed in the course of the July rebellion, got here to listen to the decision on the tribunal the place he stated, “For the injustice and brutality dedicated by Sheikh Hasina, even a thousand demise sentences wouldn’t be sufficient. It shouldn’t be solely essential to announce the decision, however she should even be introduced again to the nation as quickly as the decision is delivered, and the punishment should be executed on the soil of this nation.”
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Leaders and activists from numerous political and social organisations gathered outdoors the International Crimes Tribunal as the decision within the case towards former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was being learn out. A gaggle of scholars additionally gathered within the TSC space of Dhaka University. They have been seen chanting slogans demanding the execution of Sheikh Hasina.
Unrest has erupted in a number of elements of the nation surrounding the decision. A two-day lockdown referred to as by Sheikh Hasina’s Party Bangladesh Awami League has been noticed for the final two days. The celebration activists introduced out processions in a number of locations protesting the decision. Several Awami League leaders and activists have additionally been arrested. Crude bombs have been additionally blasted in identical locations together with in entrance of the workplace of National Citizen Party (NCP) that led the July rebellion towards Hasina final 12 months.
Centering the decision, Dhaka is on excessive alert, heavy safety has been deployed across the International Crimes Tribunal. From the Supreme Court premises to the tribunal compound, members of the Army, police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been positioned in giant numbers. Since Monday morning (November 17, 2025), the tribunal and its surrounding areas have been positioned beneath a decent safety cordon. Security personnel have been seen sustaining strict vigilance across the Supreme Court. Army members have been seen stationed close to the Mazar Gate within the capital, whereas police, RAB, and different regulation enforcement models patrolled each inside and out of doors the tribunal premises. Under the initiative of Ministry of Cultural Affairs, giant screens have been arrange at key areas throughout the capital to broadcast the proceedings, permitting the general public to comply with the decision in actual time.
The verdict has additionally been streamed stay for audiences around the globe. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Mohammad Sajjat Ali has instructed police personnel to open hearth if anybody makes an attempt to torch automobiles or hurl crude bombs that endanger lives.
Ahead of the decision, a bunch of protesters claiming affiliation with an organisation referred to as “Red July” introduced two excavators to demolish the remaining parts of the home of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi-32 in Dhaka round at 12 midday. Army and police charged batons on the protesters. At least two sound grenades have been lobbed to disperse the protesters.
Following the autumn of Awami League authorities on August 5, 2024, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was reconstituted. The first case (a miscellaneous case) taken up by the reorganised tribunal concerning crimes towards humanity dedicated in the course of the July mass rebellion was filed towards Sheikh Hasina. On October 17, 2024, the primary listening to of the reconstituted tribunal was held, and on the identical day, an arrest warrant was issued towards Sheikh Hasina.
Initially, Sheikh Hasina was the only accused within the case. On March 16, 2025, the prosecution sought to incorporate former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun as a co-accused together with Sheikh Hasina, and the tribunal granted the request. After a number of extensions, the tribunal’s investigation company submitted the investigation report back to the Office of the Chief Prosecutor on May 12, 2025. On June 1, 2025, the prosecution submitted formal fees towards all three accused.
Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan stay fugitives and former IGP Abdullah Al-Mamun is the one accused beneath arrest. On the day fees have been framed (July 10), Mamun admitted involvement in crimes towards humanity dedicated in the course of the mass rebellion and utilized to change into an “approver” (state witness). Arguments within the case started on October 12 and concluded on October 23. Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam demanded the demise penalty for Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan for crimes towards humanity in the course of the July rebellion.
State-appointed lawyer Md. Amir Hossain represented fugitive accused Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman. In arguments, he sought acquittal for each. The lawyer for approver Abdullah Al-Mamun, Zayed Bin Amjad, additionally sought acquittal. The prosecution listed 81 witnesses. Of them, 54, together with Abdullah Al-Mamun and the investigation officers, testified earlier than the tribunal. The prosecution’s cost sheet was 135 pages lengthy, accompanied by 8,747 pages of paperwork and proof.
A complete of 5 fees have been introduced towards Sheikh Hasina and the 2 different accused within the case. These embrace: delivering inciting speeches; ordering the elimination of protesters utilizing deadly weapons; the capturing and killing of Abu Said, a pupil of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur; the capturing and killing of six protesters within the Chankharpul space of the capital; and the killing of six individuals by burning them in Ashulia.
