Bangladesh’s self-exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). It’s the first verdict against the former Bangladeshi prime minister since she fled to Delhi after an uprising last year that ended her 15-year autocratic rule. The chief prosecutor said Ms Hasina would serve the sentence the day she returned to Bangladesh or surrendered to the court. Adjunct Researcher at Western Sydney University’s Humanitarian & Development Research Initiative Dr Mubashar Hasan joined The World from Sydney.
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