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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julhas Alam

Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill

Bangladesh Politics - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A special tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh's former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of court for allegedly claiming she had a license to kill at least 227 people.

Wednesday's sentence was the first in any case against Hasina since she fled to India during a mass uprising last year that toppled her 15-year rule.

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