US EditionBangladesh opens trial of deposed ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
- Bangladesh began the trial on June 1, 2025, of the exiled former premier Sheikh Hasina, who faces charges of crimes against humanity connected to the 2024 government crackdown on protesters.
- The trial follows a student-led uprising that ended Hasina's 15-year rule and her fleeing to India by helicopter in August 2024, amid reports of up to 1,400 deaths during the crackdown.
- The International Crimes Tribunal, established in 2009 under Hasina's leadership to address war crimes from the 1971 independence conflict, is currently prosecuting high-ranking individuals associated with her former government and the now-banned Awami League party.
- Mohammad Tajul Islam, the ICT chief prosecutor, stated that after carefully examining the information, they determined the attack was deliberate, extensive, and methodically organized to suppress the uprising.
- Hasina denies the charges as politically motivated while remaining in exile in India, and the interim government has pledged elections before June 2026 amid political power struggles.
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Special tribunal begins proceedings against former Bangladeshi prime minister
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Friday accepted formal charges against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several former government officials following the crackdown on July and August 2024 protests that left hundreds of students killed. Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam submitted crimes against humanity charges before a three-member tribunal, stating that the trial represents not revenge for the past, but a pledge to future generat…
Due to the student movement in Bangladesh last year, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had to resign and leave the country. Now the prosecutor in Bangladesh has accused former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of crimes against humanity. This action has been taken regarding her alleged role in the violent action during the 2024 student movement.
Bangladesh ex-PM accused of ’systematic attack’ on protesters
Fugitive former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a "systematic attack" that amounted to crimes against humanity in her attempt to crush the uprising that toppled her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said at the opening of her trial on Sunday. Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024 after Hasina's government launched its crackdown, according to the United Nations. Hasina, 77, fled by helicopter to her ol…
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Noticias ao MinutoCourt accused Hasina of ordering actions that resulted in mass murder, injuries, violence directed against women and children, body fire and refusal of medical treatment.
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