•Bangladesh’s ex- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina A Bangladesh court today sentenced ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity, with cheers breaking out in the packed court as the judge read out the verdict. Hasina, 78, defied court orders that she return from India to attend her trial about whether she ordered [&he...
•Former PM and opposition leader, Succes Masra A court in Chad yesterday jailed former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra for 20 years, convicting him of hate speech, xenophobia and having incited a massacre. The court in N’Djamena jailed Masra, one of President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno’s fiercest critics, for his role in inciti...
•Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates Portugal’s former prime minister, Jose Socrates went on trial today on corruption charges in a long-running case already being dubbed the “trial of the century” in local media. Socrates, who led the country between 2005 and 2011, is accused of amassing a fortune of more than 34 million euros [&he...

