Rigged trial by unelected govt: Hasina
New Delhi, Nov. 18 -- Former Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina on Monday described the death sentence given to her by a tribunal for crimes against humanity as the verdict of a "rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government" that was aimed at nullifying her Awami League party as a political force.
Hasina, in a statement issued shortly after the ICT announced its order, described the guilty judgment as a "foregone conclusion".
The ICT's verdicts were "made by a rigged tribunal established and presided over by an unelected government with no democratic mandate", she said.P13...
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