Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- The UK-based rights group, Amnesty International (AI), has described the trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal as "neither fair nor just".

In a statement issued hours after the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced Hasina and Asaduzzaman to death over crimes against humanity during the July Uprising last year, the AI said: "Justice for victims of 2024 massacre not served by death sentence against Sheikh Hasina".

"Those individually responsible for the egregious violations and allegations of crimes against humanity that took place during the student-led protests in July and August 2024 must be investigated and prosecuted in fair trials," said Agnes Call...