Sheikh Hasina sentenced in contempt case: ICT hands ex-Bangladesh PM 6-month jail time period; first conviction since ouster

Sheikh Hasina (File picture)

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sentenced Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to 6 months in jail in a contempt of court docket case, in line with the Dhaka Tribune stories.The International Crimes Tribunal-1, with a three-member bench led by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, delivered the judgement, in line with native Bangladesh newspaper.The tribunal additionally handed down a two-month jail sentence to Shakil Akand Bulbul from Gobindaganj in Gaibandha in the identical ruling.This represents the first conviction for the previous Awami League chief since she departed workplace and left the nation 11 months in the past.This comes after prosecutors on the ICT formally charged former Hasina and two others with crimes in opposition to humanity, together with mass homicide, for his or her alleged position in a violent crackdown final 12 months that resulted in the deaths of a whole bunch of individuals, final month.The ICT was established by Hasina in 2009 to analyze and prosecute crimes dedicated by the Pakistani military throughout Bangladesh’s 1971 battle for independence. As a results of the tribunal’s proceedings, six senior leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and one chief from former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party had been executed following their convictions. Despite these efforts to handle previous atrocities, violence endured in the nation. According to a report from the UN rights workplace, roughly 1,400 folks had been killed between July 15 and August 15 of the earlier 12 months, even after the autumn of Hasina’s Awami League authorities.Read extra: Bangladesh begins Sheikh Hasina trial on mass homicide costs