Geneva, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - UN says 'regrets' death penalty ordered for Bangladesh ex-PM

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2025-11-17

The UN said Monday that former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's sentencing for crimes against humanity marked "an important moment for victims", but she should not have been sentenced to death. Hasina, 78, remained in hiding in India during the trial on charges that she ordered a bloody crackdown against a student-led uprising last year that eventually ousted her. She was sentenced in absentia to be hanged for crimes against humanity ove......

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