New York, Nov. 18 -- Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group headquartered in New York City has raised serious fair trial concerns after the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh handed death sentences to the country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal for "crimes against humanity."

They were sentenced in absentia for the violent suppression of student-led protests in 2024, amid what the rights group described as "enduring anger and anguish" over abuses during Hasina's rule.

"There is enduring anger and anguish in Bangladesh over Hasina's repressive rule, but all criminal proceedings need to meet international fair trial standards," said Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Asia Direct...