By Admin 
Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been convicted and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in the case of crimes against humanity. Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wajed on Thursday (20 November 2025) called this entire judicial process a sham and an eyewash.
Bangladesh’s ICT found Sheikh Hasina guilty in three out of five cases and sentenced her in two cases. Haseena was sentenced to life imprisonment in one case and death sentence in the other case. This punishment was given for the violent action taken during the student protests last year.
Question: What is your reaction to Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence?
Sajeeb Wajed: This has been done completely illegally. This is a joke. You have a government that is completely unelected, unconstitutional, illegal. They removed 17 judges of this tribunal and appointed a new judge who has no experience on the trial bench and has said very bad things about my mother in front of everyone. He is clearly biased.
Question: Does this have anything to do with the elections in Bangladesh?
Sajeeb Wajed: What they have done is that they have blamed my mother. They have again changed the law so that anyone accused of a crime cannot run in elections, which is a complete violation of due process because you cannot ban someone unless they are convicted, so they had to pass this sentence in a hurry. They have also banned our party, Awami League, from the elections. There is no democracy in Bangladesh.
Question: After the death sentence, Bangladesh is now requesting India to send back Sheikh Hasina. Is this appeal correct, what do you think will happen next?
Sajeeb Wajed: There should be a law along with the extradition agreement. First of all, there should be a democratic government, which this government is not. Second, legal procedures should be followed, which has not been done. The process itself should be legal and in Bangladesh the process was completely illegal. On this basis, legally, India cannot extradite my mother. India has no responsibility.
Question: How do you see India’s role in helping and protecting your mother under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Sajeeb Wajed: I will always be grateful to Narendra Prime Minister Modi. He has ensured my mother’s safety. He saved my mother’s life. As the head of a country, he is keeping him under tight security. For this I will always be grateful to the Government of India and the people of India.
Question: How do you think India will react to Bangladesh’s appeal for your mother’s extradition?
Sajeeb Wajed: I am confident that the Modi government will not succumb to the unconstitutional and illegal pressure of the illegal government led by Yunus.
Question: Is Muhammad Yunus government planning any conspiracy to kill your mother?
Sajeeb Wajed: No they won’t be able to kill them. How will they actually enforce the punishment? First of all, they can’t catch them. Second, once the rule of law comes, this entire process will come to an end. Everything in Bangladesh is so illegal and unconstitutional and violates every legal principle that once the rule of law comes in, everything will be struck down in court. This won’t last. Yunus cannot touch my mother.
QuestionIf the Congress Party was in power in India, what would have been its reaction?
Sajeeb Wajed: The Congress party would have done exactly the same. There is rule of law in India and you have constitutional process. You people have always followed the Constitution and laws.
Question: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has not issued a single statement in support of your mother. Is this disappointing for you?
Sajeeb Wajed: No, I have no opinion on this.
Question: How is Pakistan influencing the decisions of Bangladesh Government led by Mohammad Yunus?
Sajeeb Wajed: Pakistan is influencing the decisions of this government. Pakistan has helped this government from the beginning. Pakistan was involved in the protest against my mother. As you have seen, this government is building very close relations with Pakistan and giving a free hand to Pakistani institutions in Bangladesh. Lashkar-e-Taiba, their commander is living and speaking in Bangladesh, and has taken credit for the recent bomb attack in New Delhi, while under Yunus’ rule, Bangladesh is a part of Pakistan and is acting as a haven for terrorists.
Question: Should the Nobel Prize given to Mohammad Yunus be withdrawn in view of the gross violations of human rights in Bangladesh?
Sajeeb Wajed: Nobel committees never take back their prizes, but look at Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. He also won the Nobel Prize. The peace prize is actually given through lobbying, but they caused atrocities on the Rohingyas. Now Yunus is making Bangladesh a failed country and an Islamic terrorist country.
Question: Will Sheikh Hasina be able to come to Bangladesh again, what do you think?
Sajeeb Wajed: I have full confidence that she will return to Bangladesh in the future. She is the daughter of Bangladesh. Our party is the biggest. we’re going nowhere. We have lakhs of supporters.
Question: Have Awami League members and leaders been harassed by the current government in Bangladesh?
Sajeeb Wajed: Yes, thousands of our leaders and activists are in jail. We have 100 Parliament members who are in jail. There has been no trial or investigation. There is no charge on them. He has been repeatedly refused bail. He is a political prisoner. But, our party is very big. You cannot arrest everyone because there is no space in jails.
Question: Is Yunus government doing vendetta politics against Sheikh Hasina and her party?
Sajeeb Wajed: Of course, this is political change. Mohammad Yunus has the support of Jamaat-e-Islami, which had killed 30 lakh of our people during the freedom struggle. Our government finally conducted trials for that fight. This is the revenge of the Jamaat and the Jamaat never wanted Bangladesh to be independent from Pakistan. Now Jamaat is trying to come to power with Yunus and make Bangladesh a part of Pakistan.