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At the end of a nearly three-month in absentia trial, the chief prosecutor of Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal asked the judges to pronounce a death penalty on the country\u2019s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, for causing \u201cthe deaths of approximately 1.400 people\u201d in response to student protests in July 2024 which led to her downfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cSheikh Hasina is the nucleus and the life-force of the crime, and her crime surpasses that of every criminal on earth. Therefore, this life-force must be punished, and the nucleus must be destroyed. Hence, I request the maximum penalty under the law,\u201d Tajul Islam, the chief prosecutor told Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)<\/a> in his closing statement on October 16, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islam, who led the prosecution, also asked the court to impose a similar sentence on the former Home Minister, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal who he said was \u201cequally guilty\u201d. \u201cThe decisions regarding the deployment and instructions for the police and other law enforcement agencies were primarily made during meetings held each evening at the residence of Asaduzzaman Khan the former Home Minister and president of the core committee,\u201d Islam said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trial for crimes against humanity<\/a> took place in the absence of the two main accused \u2013 whom are both believed to be on the run in India<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their state appointed defence lawyer told the court, on October 21, that his two clients were innocent and should be acquitted. \u201cIt is claimed, there was an order, facilitation, assistance, complicity, and conspiracy, by my clients, through which crimes against humanity were committed, which were knowingly carried out with their knowledge,\u201d Amir Hossain stated. \u201cThis is the primary allegation. I am denying all these. No such offense was committed by my clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the sole defendant present at the trial, the former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who had pleaded guilty and gave evidence against his co-accused, the chief prosecutor suggested a more lenient sentence. \u201cIf the court believes that he has provided truth and full disclosure, [it] may deliver a verdict as it deems fit,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widespread and systematic attack against protesters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The prosecution alleged that the three men has committed five offences of crimes against humanity.

The first centred on remarks made by the prime minister on 14 July 2024, before any killing had taken place, depicting the protesters as relatives of \u201cRazakars\u201d (named after the pro-Pakistan collaborators during the 1971 Bangladesh war of independence ), which incited to attack them. The second involved the planning and use of lethal weapons, drones, and helicopters to kill protesters. The third involved the killing of the student Abu Sayeed at Rangpur university in the North of the country on the 16 July. The forth concerned the killing in the morning of 5 August of six men in Chankerpur in the capital city of Dhaka. And the fifth involved the killing on the same day of another six men in Ashulia, just outside Dhaka, and the subsequent burning of their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prosecution argued that each of these incidents were part of a \u201cwidespread and systematic\u201d attack \u201cdirected against a civilian population.\u201d As evidence of the \u201cwidespread\u201d nature of the attack, Islam pointed to the large number of people who were killed, as many as 1.400 estimated by a United Nations Fact Finding Report, and how the killings took place throughout Bangladesh. It also argued that the attack carried out was \u201csystematic\u201d as it involved \u201cthe same group of perpetrators\u201d who conducted \u201csimilar\u201d attacks using the same kind of weapons and ammunition, with the authorities \u201cdenying medical treatment\u201d to injured victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe prosecution witnesses have consistently deposed that the armed members of the Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League [the youth and student wings of the Awami League] were involved together with the police in carrying out the attacks against students and civilians,\u201d Islam told the court. This \u201cdemonstrates the organized nature of the acts of violence and an identifiable pattern of the commission of crime. Moreover, the fact that the law enforcement agencies and the members of the ruling party worked together in attacking the civilian population is a strong indicator of a coordinated and organized effort. This was not a random and spontaneous act of violence by one group, but a joint operation by state forces and a political party and its student wing, suggesting a planned policy of violence against the protester<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order to use lethal weapons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The testimony given to the ICT on September 2, by the former inspector general of police was significant for the prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun told the court that on July 18th<\/sup> 2024, \u201cHome Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal called me and informed me that prime minister Sheikh Hasina<\/a> had instructed the direct use of lethal weapons to suppress the movement. At that time, I was present at the police headquarters, and DIG [deputy inspector general] Proloy Joarder was present in front of me. When I informed Proloy Joarder of the prime minister\u2019s instruction, he left my room and conveyed this instruction to the DMP [Dhaka Metropolitan Police] and nationwide.\u201d He went onto say that \u201cthe use of lethal weapons began on that day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former head of the Bangladesh police went onto admit that \u201cCountless students and members of the public were injured and killed during the movement by the use of drones, helicopters, and lethal weapons. In addition to the Awami League\u2019s political forces, Awami League-aligned intellectuals, journalists, cultural workers, and businessmen encouraged the government to suppress the movement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of his testimony, Mamum explained why he had given his evidence: \u201cAs the police chief, I am ashamed, remorseful, and apologetic for the excessive use of force against the protesters, which resulted in their injuries and deaths, carried out under the government\u2019s order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t

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Some incidents may have happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

State appointed defence lawyer Hossain questioned the basis of the prosecution case. \u201cWhen the prosecution says \u2018widespread\u2019 it should mean the entire Bangladesh,\u201d he told the court. \u201cIf it were really widespread, there should have been at least two witnesses per district, and their testimonies should have been corroborated. Therefore, it cannot be called widespread.\u201d He also argued that the videos of people being shot, shown to the court by the prosecutors were \u201cAI generated.\u201d

He questioned the credibility of the evidence given by the former inspector general of police. \u201cHe placed the blame on others to conceal his own faults. Everything he said was his own version,\u201d the lawyer said. Hossain also claimed that the magistrate to whom Mamun gave the confessional statement \u201cnever explained to him the legal consequences\u201d of giving it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hossain said drones were used to \u201csee in which areas the crowd was larger, where they could damage more state property, cause more loss of life and property.\u201d \u201cFor controlling an ongoing movement, if drones are used, it doesn\u2019t mean that the drones were used for shooting. It doesn\u2019t mean that bombs were dropped from the drones on the people, on the protestors. Not that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He however acknowledged \u201csome people did die.\u201d In trying to control the movement, \u201csome incidents may have happened. It is not right to think that those incidents happened on the instructions of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Kamal.\u201d The lawyer also pointed out that Hasina did take steps to investigate those deaths, setting up an investigative commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy statement is that Sheikh Hasina, being in the superior status, did not conspire, did not plan to conspire, and did not directly give any instructions, as a result of which, the widespread, systematic use of lethal weapons, murder, attempted murder, torture, inhumane acts, and other inhumane acts of crime against humanity have been committed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the defence lawyer made his submissions, the Bangladesh attorney general Md. Asaduzzaman addressed the court. \u201cIf we cannot ensure justice, the people of Bangladesh will remain cowardly and spineless in the ruins of history,\u201d he said, adding that he expected \u201cthe maximum punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 13, the court will announce the date on which it will give its judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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