Bangladesh: Dhaka on edge as police issue shoot-at-sight orders ahead of Hasina verdict

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : A UN rights office report estimated that up to 1,400 people were killed between July 15 and August 15 during what came to be known as the July Uprising, as her government ordered a sweeping security crackdown.
42% : Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for the accused. Hasina, 78, faces multiple charges after being ousted in August 2024 following the mass student-led agitation.
41% : Prosecutors have sought the death penalty for Hasina, 78, as well as for former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and ex-police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, amid a sweeping nationwide security clampdown marked by arson attacks, crude bomb explosions and a shoot-at-sight order in Dhaka.
41% : Seeking the death penalty for Hasina, Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam had described her as the "mastermind and principal architect" of the alleged atrocities during the protests.

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