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'Legally Void': Sheikh Hasina Reaches Out, Asks Bangladesh Tribunal To Set Aside Death Sentence
CSB News USA · 3:03 PM
A letter by Hasina's legal team urged the authorities to stop any move towards carrying out the verdict, arguing it will amount to "summary execution" and violate international law
A letter by Hasina's legal team urged the authorities to stop any move towards carrying out the verdict, arguing it will amount to "summary execution" and violate international law In her first formal outreach since the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party came to power in January, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina approached the International Crimes Tribunal urging it to set aside the death sentence handed out to her last year. Hasina’s representatives wrote a 10-page letter to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), challenging last year’s verdict In the letter sent on Hasina’s behalf, her legal team has asked the ICT to scrap the judgment calling it “legally void". It urged the authorities to stop any move towards carrying out the sentence, arguing that doing so will amount to “summary execution" and violate international law. “No steps be taken to execute the death sentence, which would constitute summary execution in violation of international law," the letter read. The communication was sent by London-based law firm Kingsley Napley, which is representing her.…
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