A central figure in discussions of state power, elections, human-rights records, and post-2024 accountability as a long-serving prime minister and Awami League president.
Aliases: Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ
Sheikh Hasina is included because of her long association with state power and Awami League leadership, and because public records now include July-August 2024 human-rights reporting, ICT charges, trial, sentence, and her denial.
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Elected Awami League president in absentia before returning in 1981, she became a major figure through anti-military-rule politics, opposition leadership, the 1996 election victory, and consecutive governments from 2009 to 2024.
Bangladesh Awami League, national government, parliamentary politics, and the Gopalganj-3 constituency base.
Source-backed themes: party leadership, long premiership, election controversies, centralisation of executive authority, democratic-space criticism, human-rights context around the 2024 protest crackdown, ICT charges/trial/sentence, and subject response.
Her long premiership and party leadership make her influence on political institutions, elections, law-enforcement governance, development policy, opposition politics, and post-2024 accountability a public-interest subject.
Public sources identify her as a Tungipara-born Awami League president, former prime minister, former opposition leader, and central figure in Gopalganj-3 parliamentary politics. After the fall of her government on August 5, 2024, ICT-related reports record charge framing, trial in absentia, and sentencing in the July uprising case.
Future updates should add the ICT judgment text, appeal/surrender/arrest posture, other case progress, acquittals, withdrawals, or corrections as separate evidence records when available.
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE · OFFICIAL FINDING
The OHCHR report records findings of serious human-rights violations involving the former government, security and intelligence services, and violent elements associated with the Awami League.
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HISTORICAL RESPONSIBILITY · JUDICIALLY ESTABLISHED
BSS reported that ICT-1 convicted Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal of crimes against humanity, imposed the death sentence on specified counts, and sentenced former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun to five years after treating him as an approver.
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ELECTION INTERFERENCE · REPORTED
Analytical reporting discusses election controversies, opposition politics, and democratic-space concerns during her years in power.
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GOVERNMENT CONTROL · REPORTED
Public-interest analysis discusses criticism of long premiership, party control, state institutions, and weakened checks and balances.
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HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE · OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATED
Rights groups, human-rights reporting, and later ICT proceedings present differing accounts of the May 5-6, 2013 operation, casualties, and use of state force around the Hefazat rally.
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HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE · OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATED
The record separates the court-established deaths, the official mutiny account, post-mutiny human-rights allegations, and the 2025 commission findings into distinct statuses.
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POLITICAL REPRESSION · REPORTED
The record separates the student movement after two deaths, reports of attacks on protesters and journalists, arrests, and government road-safety commitments into distinct statuses.
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HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
Explore incidentGOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN · 2013-05-05 2013-05-06
A record of the May 5-6, 2013 rally and operation around Motijheel's Shapla Chattar, competing casualty accounts, and later ICT proceedings.
Casualty counts vary substantially by source: 2026 tribunal reporting refers to a prosecution account of 58 deaths, a 2013 rights report attributed 61 deaths to Odhikar, and contemporary reporting also described a lower government count. None should be presented as a final judicial finding.
Explore incidentPOLITICAL VIOLENCE · 2009-02-25 2009-02-26
The February 25-26, 2009 armed mutiny at the former Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, the deaths of 74 people, subsequent criminal trials, human-rights reporting, and reinvestigation proceedings.
The court record and government reporting identify 74 deaths, including 57 army officers; HRW and Amnesty documented post-mutiny detention, torture, custodial-death, and fair-trial concerns.
Explore incidentPUBLIC PROTEST · 2018-07-29 2018-08-16
Student-led protests from July 29 into August 2018 demanding safer roads, accountable transport systems, and justice after fatal road crashes.
Human-rights reporting documented attacks and arrests involving protesters and journalists, alongside concerns about freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 1996-02-15
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, election-related violence, and the subsequent caretaker-government transition.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 2001-10-01 2001-12-31
An election incident record concerning reports of attacks, discrimination, and property violence against Hindu minorities after the October 2001 general election.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 2007-01-11
An election incident record concerning pre-election violence, postponement of the January 22, 2007 poll, emergency rule, and caretaker-government change.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 2014-01-05
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, political violence, killings, and reported government and opposition abuses around the January 5, 2014 election.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 2018-12-30
An election incident record concerning reported opposition pressure, intimidation, voter suppression, and vote-rigging allegations around the 2018 national election.
Explore incidentELECTION INCIDENT · 2024-01-07
An election incident record concerning the opposition boycott, participation concerns, violence, and reported irregularities around the 2024 national election.
Explore incidentKILLING · 2004-08-21
A grenade attack on an Awami League rally that caused mass deaths and injuries; investigation, trial, and political-responsibility questions must be read as separate statuses.
Explore incidentOFFICIAL ROLE
The party biography describes her leadership as Awami League president from 1981.
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OFFICIAL ROLE
Public biographical and news sources identify her as a former prime minister of Bangladesh, with 2009-2024 as the longest continuous period in office.
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OTHER
She is reported as an accused and later convicted person in the ICT-1 July Mass Uprising crimes-against-humanity case.
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CO DEFENDANT
BSS ICT reporting links Sheikh Hasina and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun in the same July Mass Uprising case and later identifies Mamun as an approver.
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AREA OF INFLUENCE
BangladeshHer area of influence is national because of party leadership and multiple prime-ministerial terms.
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CONSTITUENCY
Gopalganj-3Party and public biographical sources connect her parliamentary political base to Gopalganj-3.
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ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
DhakaDhaka is the administrative center for national government, prime-ministerial office, ICT proceedings, and central protest politics in 2024.
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BSS reported that the ICT prosecution filed formal crimes-against-humanity charges concerning the July Mass Uprising.
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges and formal trial proceedings began.
BSS and international media reported the ICT-1 judgment, sentence, and in-absentia posture.
BSS reported that the prosecution filed an appeal seeking enhancement of specified sentences.
Criminal Appeal No 96/2025 referenced after ICT-1 judgment
There is a court-reported conviction and sentence, while Sheikh Hasina has called the verdict biased and politically motivated; appeal/surrender/arrest posture remains separate context.
View caseBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed crimes-against-humanity charges against Sheikh Hasina and others and rejected a discharge plea.
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View news recordBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 15 Dec 2025
BSS reported appeal-related proceedings after the ICT-1 judgment, including conviction details and sentence-enhancement request.
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View news recordAssociated Press · 5 Aug 2026
AP reported Hasina's August 2026 statement that she intends to return from India in December while facing the reported death sentence and extradition demands.
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View news recordWikipedia · 7 Aug 2026
Public biographical reference for name, political affiliation, occupation, and senior public roles.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 1 Jun 2025
State news report that ICT prosecutors filed formal crimes-against-humanity charges against Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun over the July-August Mass Uprising.
View sourceBangladesh Awami League · 27 Sep 2018
Party profile describing birth in Tungipara, Awami League leadership from 1981, prime ministerial terms, opposition roles, and major political milestones.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 15 Dec 2025
State news report describing prosecution appeal activity after the ICT-1 judgment, including reported conviction details, sentence language, and compensation/confiscation orders.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina in the July Mass Uprising case.
View sourceOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
View sourceAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 5 Aug 2026
Analysis article tracing electoral controversies, centralisation of executive authority, democratic-space concerns, repression allegations, economic-development claims, and the student-led uprising that ended Hasina's rule.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 21 Aug 2024
Public analysis of press-freedom erosion, cyber-law use, and institutional control during the Hasina government.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 1 Jun 2025
Report that ICT prosecutors filed formal charges naming Sheikh Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 1 Dec 2025
Report that a Dhaka Special Judge Court convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Tulip Siddiq, and others in a Purbachal plot-allocation corruption case.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 27 Nov 2025
Report that Sheikh Hasina was sentenced in three Purbachal plot cases and that Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul received five-year sentences in separate cases.
View sourceAssociated Press · 2 Feb 2026
Wire report that a Bangladesh court sentenced Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and Azmina Siddiq in Purbachal plot cases, while noting Siddiq's denial.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 2 Feb 2026
Report that a Dhaka court ordered cancellation of Purbachal plot allotments to Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby and Azmina Haque Siddiq Ruponti and sentenced them to seven years each.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 31 Jul 2025
Report that charges were framed in six Purbachal plot-allocation cases against Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Saima Wazed Putul, Tulip Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby, Azmina Siddiq, and officials.
View sourceProthom Alo · 14 Aug 2025
Report that testimony began in Purbachal plot-allocation corruption cases involving Sheikh Rehana, Tulip Siddiq, Azmina Siddiq, Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and related Hasina-family cases.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 27 Jul 2026
The report says ICT-2 took cognisance of formal charges against Sheikh Hasina and 40 others over the 2013 Hefazat rally and reported prosecution claims concerning 58 deaths.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 27 Jul 2026
BSS reports that ICT-2 took cognisance of the formal charge over the May 5, 2013 crackdown and ordered accused in custody to be produced while warrants remained outstanding for absconding accused.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 27 Jul 2026
The report describes the complaint filed in 2024, the tribunal's acceptance of charges in 2026, 31 absconding warrants, and competing prosecution accounts of the death toll.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 12 Mar 2025
The Daily Star reports arrest and production warrants in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and attributes allegations about planning and responsibility to the prosecution.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Aug 2025
BSS reports an ICT order permitting interrogation of several accused in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and describes the complaint brought on behalf of Hefazat leaders.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 1 Aug 2013
Human Rights Watch documented the 2013 protest violence through interviews and described the casualty and force accounts as contested and requiring independent investigation.
View sourceOdhikar, reported by Dhaka Tribune · 15 May 2013
The report attributes a total of 61 deaths to Odhikar's account of the May 2013 operation; this figure is presented as a rights-group claim rather than an established judicial finding.
View sourceSupreme Court of Bangladesh · 27 Nov 2017
The judgment records the 25-26 February 2009 Pilkhana incident, 74 deaths including 57 army officers, the roles of public officials in the crisis response, and criminal-case findings against convicted BDR personnel.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 28 May 2009
The published summary describes the national inquiry committee's mandate, interviews, reported grievances, and its account of planning and leadership within the mutiny.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 4 Jul 2012
Human Rights Watch documented allegations of torture, custodial deaths, and fair-trial concerns after the mutiny through interviews with families, BDR members, officials, lawyers, and journalists.
View sourceAmnesty International · 1 Apr 2009
Amnesty International described the deaths during the mutiny and called for justice under internationally recognized fair-trial standards, while recording reports of torture after the event.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2024
BSS reported the gazette formation of a seven-member National Independent Investigation Commission to reinvestigate the February 25-26, 2009 Pilkhana massacre and identify perpetrators and related responsibility.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 15 Dec 2024
The report says the government told the High Court that two related BDR cases were under appeal at the Appellate Division when the commission question was being considered.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 25 Feb 2026
BSS reported that several Pilkhana appeals remained pending before the Appellate Division and that the government planned phased implementation of the independent commission's recommendations.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 30 Nov 2025
The report attributes to the National Independent Investigation Commission findings that the attack was planned and involved the then government; these are commission findings and remain distinct from a criminal court judgment.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 6 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported Amnesty International's call to end the crackdown on student protesters after two students were killed and others injured by a speeding bus, and described the movement's safe-road demands.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 6 Aug 2018
Human Rights Watch reported attacks on student protesters and critics, arrests of students and journalists, and government promises concerning reckless driving, traffic regulation, and a new Road Safety Act.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 16 Aug 2018
bdnews24.com reported police figures of 97 arrests in 51 cases after the road-safety movement, including cases under the ICT Act; the report described the procedural arrest record rather than a finding of guilt.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 29 Jul 2022
The Daily Star reviewed the 2018 road-safety movement, subsequent government directives, and continuing road-safety concerns without treating the movement's disputed outcomes as settled fact.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 1 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported comments by Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal describing the students' demands as logical, alongside Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader's comments on the proposed transport law.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 4 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported that Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged students to remain alert to political exploitation and spoke about the safety of protesters.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 2 Aug 2018
The Daily Star reported public comments by Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, and Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan during the road-safety movement.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 1 Jun 1996
Human Rights Watch documented political violence, intimidation, and human-rights abuses around the February 1996 election and the opposition boycott.
View sourceAmnesty International · 1 Oct 2001
Amnesty International documented attacks and discrimination against Hindu minorities after the October 2001 general election, including reported killings and property attacks.
View sourceEuropean Parliament · 6 Sep 2007
The European Parliament recorded poll-related violence, postponement of the scheduled January 2007 election, emergency rule, and restrictions under the caretaker government.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 29 Apr 2014
Human Rights Watch documented opposition violence, government abuses, killings, and attacks around the January 5, 2014 election and its boycott.
View sourceTIME · 31 Dec 2018
TIME reported pre-election violence, opposition pressure, and allegations of voter suppression and vote rigging surrounding the December 2018 parliamentary election.
View sourceCouncil of the European Union · 9 Jan 2024
The European Union called for investigation of reported election irregularities after the January 2024 parliamentary election and noted concerns about participation and violence.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 22 Dec 2018
The Daily Star reported Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan's comments about election violence and threats involving election officials before the December 2018 poll.
View sourceProthom Alo · 21 Aug 2025
Prothom Alo reported that at least 24 people, including Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, were killed and about 300 injured in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 26 Aug 2004
Human Rights Watch called for an investigation and prosecution after the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.
View sourceAP and other international reporting carried Sheikh Hasina's denial, her description of the verdict as biased/politically motivated, and her stated willingness to face an independent court.
17 Nov 2025 · Reviewed
The previous profile summary was separated into source-backed claims, incident, case, associations, response, and impact records so allegations, findings, sentence, and response remain distinct.
7 Aug 2026
Added source-backed claims, incident, case, institutions, geographic associations, subject response, correction, and impact records to the Sheikh Hasina profile.