UK Law Firm Challenges Deposed Bangladesh PM Hasina's Death Sentence

• A leading British law firm, Kingsley Napley, has challenged the fairness and legality of the International Crimes Tribunal's death sentence for deposed Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
• The firm sent a notice to the tribunal, calling the trial "unfair and unlawful" and alleging it took place in a politically hostile environment in Hasina's absence.
• Kingsley Napley claims the tribunal lacked judicial independence, with politically affiliated judges and a biased chief prosecutor, Tajul Islam.
• The notice asserts Hasina was denied access to evidence and defense opportunities, violating international law, and questions the tribunal's expanded jurisdiction beyond its original 1971 Liberation War mandate.
• International organizations like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have also expressed concerns about the trial's fairness and the death sentence in absentia.