Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
17 October, 2024 19:12
Bangladeshi court on Thursday issued orders of arrest warrant for exiled ex-premier Sheikh Hasina.
“The court has… ordered the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and to produce her in court on November 18,” Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), told reporters.
“Sheikh Hasina was at the helm of those who committed massacres, killings and crimes against humanity in July to August”, Islam said.
Hasina’s 15-year rule reportedly saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.
Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam called it a “remarkable day”, while a relative of one of the hundreds who died in the uprising against her autocratic rule said they were “looking forward” to the trial.
Hasina’s government created the deeply contentious ICT in 2010 to probe atrocities during the 1971 independence.
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