The story
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death by a court in Dhaka for crimes against humanity.
Last July she ordered a crackdown on student protests which resulted in the deaths of up to 1,400 people, according to the UN.
As a result of the protests, Hasina escaped to India, where she still is. An interim government took power in Bangladesh.
Hasina had also been accused of a number of human rights violations while she was in power.
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Key words and phrases
crimes against humanity
crimes committed against a large number of civilians
- The United Nations investigated crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda during the 1990s.
sham
something false or fraudulent
- The board’s statement is just a sham. None of it can be true.
above the law
too important or powerful to be affected by laws
- The company CEO thought he’d never get caught for tax evasion, but no one’s above the law.