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Published : 17 Nov 2025, 06:16 PM
The interim government has described the death sentence of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan in the July Uprising crimes trial as a “historic” verdict.
In a media statement from the Chief Advisor’s Office (CAO) on Monday, the public has been urged to remain “calm, restrained, and responsible”, keeping in mind the gravity of the judgment.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumdar delivered the verdict in the first case of crimes against humanity related to attempts to suppress the July Uprising.
The two other members of the tribunal are Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmood and retired district and sessions judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.
The tribunal gave Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who testified as a state witness, a reduced sentence of five years’ imprisonment.
The CAO said the public must refrain from “reckless conduct, provocation, violence or activities that breach the law”.
It noted that families of those killed in the Uprising may naturally feel strong emotions, but warned that no action should be taken that could disturb public order.
The government said any attempt to create chaos, disorder or disrupt civic life would be suppressed “firmly”.
Hasina, who ruled the country for one and a half decades, lost power in the Uprising 15 months ago and is now in India.
She is the first former head of government in Bangladesh to receive a death sentence.
The tribunal delivering the maximum penalty is the same court her government had established to try crimes committed during the 1971 war.
Like Hasina, Kamal is also in India, while former IGP Mamun is the only suspect currently in custody.
Law Advisor Asif Nazrul said efforts would be made to bring Hasina back from India.
On Monday, he said Bangladesh would send another letter to India seeking her extradition, adding that if India continued to shelter her, it would amount to hostility towards Bangladesh and its people and would be “deeply condemnable”.
