Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile in India, called out the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)'s hearing against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, questioning why she was considered a criminal, and not interim PM Muhammad Yunus and his "jihadi forces."
In a landmark judgment announced on Monday, the ICT sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for "committing crimes against humanity", on three grounds: incitement to violence, ordering the killing of protestors, and failing to prevent atrocities during the student uprising in July 2024 that led to the collapse of her government.
Taking to X late night on Monday, Nasreen took a sharp dig at the Yunus government as she questioned why "terrorists" who ordered to shoot protestors to death were not being brought to justice.
She wrote, "The actions for which Hasina has been declared unjust by Yunus and his jihadi forces - when Yunus and those same jihadi forces commit the very same actions, they declare them to be just."
Adding, "When someone commits acts of sabotage and the current government orders them to be shot, the government does not call itself a criminal. So, why is Hasina being considered a criminal for giving the order last July to shoot those who committed acts of sabotage?"
The 63-year-old author sighed, "When will the farce in the name of justice end in Bangladesh?"
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) November 17, 2025
In 1994, Nasreen had to leave Bangladesh when she started receiving death threats from pro-Islamist fundamentalists over her book "Lajja," which was banned there, and was a bestseller in other countries. Nasreen moved to India then.
Ever since Hasina was ousted from Bangladesh, and Yunus took over, Nasreen has been very critical of the economic advisor and his government. She has also demanded that the Nobel Prize awarded to Yunus in 2006 must be taken away, and he must be jailed for his life.
Meanwhile, the Awami League Party of Hasina has called for a nationwide shutdown, following the verdict.