Why is Sheikh Hasina, not Muhammad Yunus, branded as criminal: Taslima Nasreen

19-Nov-2025

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Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has lashed out at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)'s ruling against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, asking why she was being considered a criminal and not chief advisor Muhammad Yunus and his "jihadist forces".

In a landmark verdict, the ICT on November 17 sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, including the killing of multiple people during last year's student uprising, which ultimately led to the collapse of her government.

In a post on X, Nasreen, who has been living in exile in India since 1994, took a dig at Yunus's regime, questioning why "terrorists" who ordered to shoot at protesters were not being brought to justice.

"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," the 63-year-old author said, adding when will "farce in name of justice" end in Bangladesh.