A special court in Bangladesh has sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in prison, and her UK lawmaker niece, Tulip Siddiq to four,...
In January, Siddiq resigned as a government minister following pressure because of her ties to her aunt.
Lawyers for Siddiq said the charges against Tulip Siddiq were “politically motivated” and “completely false,” and that Dhaka has provided no evidence to support its claims.
As many as 1,400 people were killed in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s violent response to a student-led revolt, according to a U.N. inquiry.
The building in the capital of Dhaka was gutted while the country's recently-deposed prime minister gave a fiery social media speech from exile in India.
A cycle of vengeance is playing out even as the interim government is trying to establish reforms and keep order, with the police slow to return...