Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 6-month jail in contempt case: Report

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A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced the country’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison in a contempt case, according to a local media report. The verdict was announced by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).

According to The Dhaka Tribune, the quantam of punishment for Hasina was decided by a three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder. Hasina’s sentence will take effect from the day of her arrest or surrender.

Alongside Hasina, the tribunal also handed a two-month prison term to Shakil Akand Bulbul from Gobindaganj in Gaibandha under the same contempt ruling. Bulbul is a political figure from Dhaka and was associated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League.

The contempt case against Sheikh Hasina centered on a leaked phone call she allegedly made with Shakil Akand Bulbul in October of last year, The Dhaka Tribune reported. In that audio, a voice identified as Hasina reportedly said, “227 cases have been filed against me, so I have obtained a licence to kill 227 people”.

According to reports, the prosecution argued this statement amounted to contempt of court because it threatened the judicial process and sought to intimidate those involved in ongoing war crimes trials related to last year’s mass uprising in the neighbouring country.

This is the first time the ousted Awami League chief has been convicted in any case since she was removed from office and went into exile in India 11 months ago.

Sheikh Hasina was forced out of office in August 2024 following weeks of violent protests led by the Students Against Discrimination (SAD), which began as a movement demanding quota reforms in government jobs but rapidly escalated. According to a United Nations report, an estimated 1,400 people were killed between mid-July and mid-August as clashes continued even after the Awami League government was toppled.

On August 5, Hasina fled to India. Several of her former ministers and senior officials are now facing legal action over the deadly crackdown that accompanied the uprising. Three days after her ouster, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 85, was appointed to lead Bangladesh’s interim administration.

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Jul 2, 2025

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