Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides fled to India last year, and were sentenced in absentia. India has so far declined to extradite them, making it unlikely that they would ever be executed or imprisoned.

Cheers broke out as this ousted world leader was sentenced to be hanged, after months of testimony detailed how she ordered mass killings.

Cheers broke out in the packed courtroom as the judge delivered the verdict ( (Mon)) amid tight security.