Bangladesh’s banned political party Awami League has rejected the International Crimes Tribunal’s death sentence against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was convicted for crimes against humanity during the July uprising. The tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar, sentenced Hasina to death for the killing of six people in Chankharpul and life imprisonment in another charge. Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak denounced the verdict as politically motivated and illegitimate, claiming the trial was rushed and biased. He stated that the so-called illegal court concluded proceedings within two months, hearing only 54 of 84 witnesses. Nanak further announced a dawn-to-dusk nationwide shutdown in protest and vowed to force the current government to resign. The verdict and subsequent reaction have sparked intense political tension across Bangladesh, with supporters and opponents sharply divided over the tribunal’s legitimacy and the fairness of the trial.