Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death

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A Bangladesh court sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity on Monday, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered a deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising last year that eventually ousted her. The highly anticipated ruling, which was broadcast live on national television, came less than three months before the first polls in the South Asian country of 170 million people since her overthrow in August 2024. “All the… elements constituting crimes against humanity have been fulfilled,” judge Golam Mortuza Mozumder read to the court in Dhaka. The former leader was found guilty on three counts: incitement, order to kill, and inaction to prevent the atrocities, the judge said. “We have decided to inflict her with only one sentence — that is, sentence of death.” Crowds waved the national fl...
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Thousands gather at pro-government rally in Serbia

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More than 10,000 of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s supporters rallied in the capital Belgrade on Wednesday to back the populist’s policies after a year of anti-government protests.

Gathered in front of parliament, the Vucic supporters, many of whom travelled to the capital in buses organised by Vucic’s party, waved national flags and chanted “Vucic, the Serb” and “Serbia” as loudspeakers played patriotic songs.

“You are those who are defending peace, stability and the constitutional order,” parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic, a top Vucic ally, told the crowd.

The rally was the biggest pro-government gathering so far this year with more than 10,000 participants, according to Reuters witnesses. But the crowd was outnumbered by a big anti-corruption demonstration on Saturday that drew tens of thousands of students and activists, the Reuters witnesses said.

The protests began a year ago after a railway station roof collapsed in the northern city of Novi Sad, killing 16 people. The incident ignited public outrage over alleged corruption and a lack of accountability, compounded by the absence of prosecutions a year later.

Police in riot gear on Wednesday cordoned off the area around Vucic’s supporters to separate them from anti-government protesters who chanted slogans against Vucic.

A tent encampment controlled by Vucic supporters has been in place on the square since March and pro- and anti-government contingents clashed there last week.

Students, rights groups, academics and opposition members who want early elections accuse Vucic and his allies of corruption, violence against political opponents, media suppression and ties to organised crime. Vucic and his allies deny this.

SOURCE: REUTERS AND AGENCIES



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