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color: #fff\">Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes tribunal begins trial against ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over 2024 protest crackdown that left 1,400+ students dead<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"03e02e4b-d774-41e0-9ca7-2c25d7824b35\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-f1a8341c-13b2-400f-aaa3-ea83da584f5c [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(-14.634453889868851%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-6077a98e-fa4b-451b-b592-3682299fbe68\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-9dfcb0c1-2ca6-4fbc-bff3-f477980e8d89\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 187.98558%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#4c4e4e\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-f1a8341c-13b2-400f-aaa3-ea83da584f5c\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-a1f8002d-5729-426e-9a56-78cbdf21090c\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:316.04939%;height:100%;left:-171.25999%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dimsapnews.jpg\" alt=\"dims.apnews\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-background-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:5.82524%;top:71.84466%;width:88.34951%;height:19.90291%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-6077a98e-fa4b-451b-b592-3682299fbe68\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-9dfcb0c1-2ca6-4fbc-bff3-f477980e8d89\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 187.98558%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% \/ 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018%\" id=\"el-db76361c-b24f-4469-990a-2ae29115efe1\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5872252747252745% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff\">Hasina is being tried in absentia, marking a rare legal move against a former head of state in Bangladesh\u2019s modern history<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"93391ad8-c791-44d1-8cda-7112fd44f9e0\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-5e0ab8b7-3dc8-47fa-8d69-8ccbf2994a60 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(-16.006433955364244%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-e7a3c3b3-2ed7-44d4-bdc0-c0be0da3d748\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-bebe0438-f7cf-4069-bb0d-d9da645f1ad7\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 142.19795%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#222924\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-5e0ab8b7-3dc8-47fa-8d69-8ccbf2994a60\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-3ee2fb47-649f-4c06-b162-e0ed97c55e52\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:266.66667%;height:100%;left:-136.68812%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/7bangladesh-quota-reform-movement-2024.jpg\" alt=\"7.Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement_2024\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-background-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:5.82524%;top:67.1521%;width:88.34951%;height:29.61165%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-e7a3c3b3-2ed7-44d4-bdc0-c0be0da3d748\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-bebe0438-f7cf-4069-bb0d-d9da645f1ad7\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 142.19795%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% \/ 1.092896174863388% 1.092896174863388% 1.092896174863388% 1.092896174863388%\" id=\"el-4fb31b0d-745a-4597-bfbd-f840b9f7ee2e\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5872252747252745% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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color: #fff\">The brutal suppression reportedly resulted in over 1,400 deaths and thousands injured\u2014raising global human rights concerns<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"b6151528-945b-4236-8a95-391245b9d480\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-9c41cd0a-9292-4400-92d9-29e4e3c1e74b [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate(3.199579855623057%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"forwards\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-5f3b0f7d-427e-4317-bd7e-75dc5004ebda\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-f06b942e-6018-40d2-a340-9181dbfe345c\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 196.92869%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#423f3d\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-9c41cd0a-9292-4400-92d9-29e4e3c1e74b\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-6e172b19-cba1-4c9e-b1d5-b3cfb97701eb\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:316.04939%;height:100%;left:-94.19935%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/former-bangladesh-prime-minister-sheikh-hasina-a-1754294393945.avif\" alt=\"Former-Bangladesh-Prime-Minister-Sheikh-Hasina---A_1754294393945\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<div class=\"element-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-background-overlay-area\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(0.5turn, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:5.82524%;top:70.06472%;width:88.34951%;height:19.90291%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-5f3b0f7d-427e-4317-bd7e-75dc5004ebda\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-f06b942e-6018-40d2-a340-9181dbfe345c\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 196.92869%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% 0.5494505494505495% \/ 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018% 1.6260162601626018%\" id=\"el-dae66e2e-8d52-4fd1-9ae4-9d99984cdb4e\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.5872252747252745% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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color: #fff\">Sheikh Hasina is currently in India. 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