Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan have received capital punishment from the International Crimes Tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity, including the burning of six bodies in Savar's Ashulia during last year's July Uprising.

Abdullah Al-Mamun, who was the police chief during the Uprising, was also sentenced, though to a reduced term, after pleading guilty and turning state witness.

On the day of the sentencing, the wife of one of the six protesters whose bodies were burned said her husband's name had been left off the official list of martyrs, better known as the "July martyrs."

She endured a long and painful process to identify her husband's body through a DNA tes...