Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets six-month prison sentence in absentia

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CNN  —  Bangladesh’s ousted and self-exiled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to six months in prison by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday in a contempt of court case, a top prosecutor said. Hasina has been facing multiple cases since she fled to India after deadly student-led protests in August , but it was the first time the former leader was sentenced in one of them. Shakil Akand Bulbul, a leader of the Awami League party’s banned student wing Chhatra League,