Hanif was convicted in the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July Uprising; three other Awami League leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Bangladesh tribunal sentences Awami League leader Hanif to death
As many as 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024, according to the United Nations, when Hasina's government attempted to suppress the student-led uprising.
He was sentenced in absentia for his role in the killings of six people during the 2024 uprising.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury and comprising Justices Md. Manjurul Bashid and Nur Mohammad Shahriar Kabir delivered the verdict
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