Sheikh Hasina's sentence is not enough, but a milestone for the future: Salahuddin

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said that the verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a milestone, stating that however the sentence is not enough considering the crimes.

He said this in immediate reaction after the verdict was announced on Monday.

Salahuddin said that justice has been established in the International Crimes Tribunal, this verdict is a milestone. Although this sentence is not enough considering the crimes, this verdict will be an example so that no government or any individual can become fascist in the future.

He also said that this verdict has proven that no matter how strong fascism is, no matter how much power it holds, they will have to stand in the dock of the court one day or the other.

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has awarded death penalty to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina for committing crimes against humanity during the July Uprising.

A three-member panel of ICT-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder pronounced the verdict on Monday, November 17.

Earlier in the day, the ICT began reading out the verdict in the much-anticipated case over crimes against humanity against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in the face of a mass uprising in July–August 2024 around 12:40pm on Monday (November 17).

This is the first case filed over killings and other crimes against humanity committed during the July Uprising.