Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina's trial begins in Bangladesh. Photo: In August 2024, students protest against the head of state on a street in Dhaka, with a portrait of her painted on a wall in the background.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Hasina’s trial begins

28 August 2025 by David Bergman

One year after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh, her trial for crimes against humanity began before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in early August.

Commission of Inquiry into Torture and Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh. Photo: Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government, visits a detention centre where torture is alleged to have taken place.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh : “a widespread and systemic culture of torture”

21 July 2025 by David Bergman

Electric shocks, “rotating chairs”, waterboarding: the latest report by Bangladesh’s Commission of inquiry on enforced disappearances uncovers the former regime's chambers of horror.

In Bangladesh, lawyers close to the government were allegedly involved in violence during student protests in the summer of 2024. Photo: Men are locked in a blue police van. Their faces are visible through the grilles in front of the windows.

Bangladesh

Justice vs justice

22 April 2025 by David Bergman

Dozens of justice professionals, lawyers as well as prosecutors, have been arrested in Bangladesh. They are accused of taking part in the violent repression of demonstrations last summer that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. But there’s a thin line between political retaliation and criminal accountability.

In Bangladesh, following the demonstrations in the summer of 2024 that led to mass crimes, the International Crimes Tribunal is back in action to try those responsible. But there are reports of concern about the operation of the local justice system and its politicisation. Photo: Demonstrators, seen against the light, stand on a high structure, one of them waving a Bangladeshi flag.

Bangladesh

The second life of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal

20 February 2025 by David Bergman

Six months after the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, fled the country, the new interim government has started the process of seeking accountability against politicians and security force officials accused of crimes ag [...]

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Putin, Netanyahu, al-Assad, Jammeh, Hasina, Akhundzada, Bozizé, al-Bashir, Hlaing, Mengistu: the ten heads of state wanted by international justice. Illustration: portraits of the 10 heads of state on a map of the world and a ‘wanted’ stamp.

17 February 2025 by Golnouche K. Barzegar

Putin, Netanyahu and the others: ten wanted heads of state It's a very exclusive club, and here is its world map. The club of heads of state wanted for international crimes. There are ten of them. At the top of this ‘wanted list’ are those accused of war crimes or crimes against humanity [...]