Dhaka, Nov. 18 -- All criminal proceedings need to meet international fair trial standards, said Human Rights Watch on Tuesday after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan were sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity.

Both were prosecuted in absentia, not represented by counsel of their choosing, and sentenced to death, raising serious human rights concerns, it said.

"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 director at Human Rights Watch.

"Those responsible for horrific abuses under the Hasina administrat...