‘Highly inaccurate’: Sheikh Hasina rejects UN report on 2024 Bangladesh protests
The report, titled "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh," was published on February 12, 2025.
The report, titled "Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh," was published on February 12, 2025.
In her message, Sheikh Hasina said that the verdict of the people of West Bengal is a "clear reflection of their deep trust and admiration for Suvendu Adhikari’s strong and people-oriented leadership."
Bangladesh has assured New Delhi of the new Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government’s commitment to normalising ties with India, notwithstanding certain irritants, including the presence of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has been living in exile in this country.
Mohammad Yunus formed the interim government after the July 2024 revolution and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s escape to India.
In a statement, Sheikh Hasina claimed that there were no voters at the polling stations across Bangladesh, yet there were votes on the counting tables.
Bangladesh's Awami League party has called for a nationwide shutdown on Tuesday and announced demonstrations and protests from November 19–21 in the entire country while rejecting the "illegal" verdict of the country’s so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) after conducting a "farcical trial" against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others.
Following Sheikh Hasina's conviction, Yunus said, "Justice will not merely survive in Bangladesh. It will prevail and sustain."
The Bangaldeshi foreign ministry noted that after their conviction, granting asylum to them in India would be a "highly objectionable act and a violation of international norms and principles of justice."
Hasina acknowledged that her regime had indeed lost control of the situation, but asserted that the events of July-August 2024, which resulted in her government's fall, cannot be characterised as a premeditated assault on citizens.
Sheikh Hasina is sentenced to death in Bangladesh after being found guilty on multiple charges linked to the violent student crackdown. Read on to explore the full list of charges behind this explosive verdict.
