A Bangladesh court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her niece, UK MP Tulip Siddiq, in a land scam case. Hasina received a five-year term, Siddiq two years, and Hasina's sister seven years.

The sentence to death against Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for crimes against humanity is seen as a chance for national healing after the violent uprising last year that killed hundreds and ended her 15-year rule.

A sweeping corruption case unfolds through the voices and actions of those involved, tracing how a disputed government land project led to life sentences for Sheikh Hasina and Tulip Siddiq while the fallout deepened for an already embattled political family.

Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been sentenced to death by a special tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity in relation to the fatal crackdown on a student uprising last year that led to the end of her 15-year rule.

A Catholic bishop has criticized Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence as politically motivated, calling it an abuse of power that violates due process.

Soldiers from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) slaughtered 74 people, including senior officers, during the two-day revolt in 2009 that started in Dhaka before spreading across the country.

"Hasina carried out the massacre to serve Indian interests and extend her hold on power," Rakin Ahmed Bhuiyan, son of slain BDR chief Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, said at the event titled "BDR Investigation Commission Report: Families' Reactions" at Dhaka's Mohakhali Rawa Club.