{"id":31125,"date":"2025-11-13T13:35:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125"},"modified":"2025-11-13T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:36:24","slug":"tajul-expects-exemplary-punishment-for-hasina-over-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125","title":{"rendered":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said today that he expects exemplary punishment for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her co-accused over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"On November 17, the court will exercise its discretion and apply its wisdom to deliver justice. Through a fair and proper verdict, this ruling will, Insha'Allah, serve as a precedent for Bangladesh's future - that is the kind of verdict we are expecting,\" he told reporters at the ICT building entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chief prosecutor also said that the pledge was clear: whoever commits crimes in Bangladesh - no matter how powerful - if they commit crimes against humanity, they will be brought to justice through due process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"We prayed for the maximum punishment. The court will exercise its discretion, and we hope the accused are given the highest possible sentence for the crime,\" he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, ICT-1 set November 17 for pronouncing judgment in the case against Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said today that he expects exemplary punishment for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her co-accused over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. \"On November 17, the court will exercise its discretion and apply its wisdom to deliver justice. Through a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":31126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,100,93],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-31125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-law-public","category-nationwide","tag-54"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said today that he expects exemplary punishment for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her co-accused over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. &quot;On November 17, the court will exercise its discretion and apply its wisdom to deliver justice. Through a [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bangladesh Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TBTNews.Media\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bangladesh Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bangladesh Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bangladesh Today\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de\"},\"headline\":\"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/tajul-adv.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u099f\u09aa \u09a8\u09bf\u0989\u099c\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Bangladesh\",\"Law &amp; Public\",\"Nationwide\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125\",\"name\":\"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/tajul-adv.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/tajul-adv.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/tajul-adv.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?p=31125#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Bangladesh Today\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de\",\"name\":\"Bangladesh Today\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bangladesh Today\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thebangladeshtoday.com\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today","og_description":"The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said today that he expects exemplary punishment for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her co-accused over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising. \"On November 17, the court will exercise its discretion and apply its wisdom to deliver justice. Through a [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125","og_site_name":"The Bangladesh Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/TBTNews.Media\/","article_published_time":"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bangladesh Today","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bangladesh Today","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125"},"author":{"name":"Bangladesh Today","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de"},"headline":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity","datePublished":"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125"},"wordCount":191,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg","keywords":["\u099f\u09aa \u09a8\u09bf\u0989\u099c"],"articleSection":["Bangladesh","Law &amp; Public","Nationwide"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125","url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125","name":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity - The Bangladesh Today","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-13T13:35:57+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T13:36:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/tajul-adv.jpg","width":1280,"height":853},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?p=31125#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tajul expects exemplary punishment for Hasina over crimes against humanity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/","name":"The Bangladesh Today","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/#\/schema\/person\/15f05feb59f0deb930d396ccadfb73de","name":"Bangladesh Today","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b95d9856df2115615c3f3a2e77fc25efbd97d23fde6e530ddfd178ed780c730?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bangladesh Today"},"url":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31127,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31125\/revisions\/31127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebangladeshtoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}