Skip next section Bangladesh sentences ally of former PM Hasina to death in absentiaBangladesh sentenced another ally of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia on Thursday.
The court also sentenced three more party leaders from Hasina's Awami League to life in prison.
She also faces a death sentence in absentia.
Hasina has said she does not recognize the authority of the court that sentenced her to hang.
She has also said that, despite the outstanding death sentence, she plans to return to Bangladesh of her own volition in December.
Skip next section Bangladesh sentences ally of former PM Hasina to death in absentia
Bangladesh sentenced another ally of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina to death in absentia on Thursday.
The court also sentenced three more party leaders from Hasina's Awami League to life in prison.
Hasina fled to India after the 2024 uprising that ended her rule. She also faces a death sentence in absentia. This has proved a source of tension between Delhi and Dhaka.
She and leading members of her party face charges from Bangladesh's new government of complicity in the deaths or injuries to protesters during the uprising.
The United Nations estimates that as many as 1,400 people were killed in total between July and August 2024.
The leader sentenced to death on Thursday was Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif, a joint general secretary of the Awami League, who was a government minister during Hasina's 15-year rule.
The charges for all four defendants pertained the deaths of six people in the western Kushtia district durign the unrest.
Prosecutors said the charges were "undoubtedly proved," defense lawyers called the verdict "unacceptable."
Hasina has said she does not recognize the authority of the court that sentenced her to hang. She has also said that, despite the outstanding death sentence, she plans to return to Bangladesh of her own volition in December.
