Sheikh Hasina Sentenced in Controversial Trial Sheikh Hasina, the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death after being convicted of crimes against humanity related to the violent suppression of student-led protests last year, which culminated in the fall of her administration. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh, ruled that Hasina was responsible for orchestrating a violent crackdown by security