Classes and transportation in Bangladesh were seriously disrupted Thursday as ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her former ruling Awami League party called for a nationwide “lockdown” in protest against her trial over last year’s protests that left hundreds dead.
A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, was due to announce a date for the verdict against Hasina, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity involving a crackdown on the student-led uprising that ended her 15-year rule. She has been in exile in India since.
