Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be hanged for crimes against humanity , prompting cheers in the packed courtroom as the judge read out the verdict on Monday. Hasina, 78, had defied the tribunal's order to return from India and attend her trial. The case against Hasina then proceeded "in absentia" (without the defendant present), with the judges ultimately finding her guilty of  the deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising