Updated: 1 Dec
Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced by a Dhaka court to five years in prison for corruption in a government land project and a separate death sentence for crimes against humanity in a crackdown that ended her leadership.Tulip Siddiq, Hasina's niece and a British Labour MP, received a two-year prison sentence in absentia for corruptly securing land for her mother, Sheikh Rehana, who was sentenced to seven years.The trials were conducted without legal defense, prominent British lawyers criticized the proceedings, and Muhammad Yunus currently leads an interim government as political turmoil involving the Hasina family and associates continues.
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Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced by a Dhaka court to five years in prison for corruption in a government land project and a separate death sentence for crimes against humanity in a crackdown that ended her leadership....

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