The International Crimes Tribunal’s (ICT) verdict, sentencing former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death, is blatantly prejudiced. On Monday, a three-judge bench awarded Hasina the maximum sentence on two counts linked to the killing of unarmed protesters during the anti-quota agitation in the country last year. Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal received the same punishment, while Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former inspector-general of police in the Hasina government, was spared after he turned witness for the prosecution. The verdict concludes a process that has appeared vindictive from day one. ICTs outside of Bangladesh have historically included international judges and, in some cases, even international prosecutors. But a tribunal composed entirely........

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