Trial of Sheikh Hasina

The Chief Prosecutor vs. Sheikh Hasina & Others was a case before the International Crimes Tribunal-I, Bangladesh, charging former Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun with crimes against humanity related to the government's violent suppression of protests in July and August 2024. Hasina and Kamal, who were tried in absentia, were convicted on 17 November 2025 and sentenced to death. Mamun, who had been in police custody since September 2024, was also found guilty but received a five-year prison term after cooperating with investigators and serving as a state witness.

The charges were formally submitted in June 2025 by the prosecution, led by Mohammad Tajul Islam, while court-appointed attorney Amir Hossain represented the defendants tried in absentia. The proceedings were adjudicated by a three-judge panel of the tribunal. The charges stemmed from the state's response to the 2024 protests, which international observers and human rights organisations described as among the deadliest civilian crackdowns in Bangladesh since independence.