Sheikh Hasina is accused of several grave offenses amounting to crimes against humanity during the student protests in Dhaka<\/p>\n
A special tribunal in Dhaka has begun delivering its verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity linked to a violent crackdown on student-led protests. The 78-year-old and two senior officials are accused of being the \u201cmasterminds\u201d behind last year\u2019s brutal suppression of quota reform demonstrations that left an estimated 1,400 people dead.<\/p>\n
The 2024 uprising brought an end to Hasina\u2019s 15-year rule, long criticised for curbing dissent and enabling extrajudicial arrests and killings. She has since taken refuge in India and has not appeared publicly or online.<\/p>\n
Her outlawed Awami League party has dismissed the tribunal as a \u201ckangaroo court\u201d and urged supporters to take to the streets, heightening concerns about potential unrest.<\/p>\n
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In Monday\u2019s verdict reading, Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal detailed a series of allegations against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia.<\/p>\n
The court recounted remarks and directives attributed to Hasina, including a July 14 press briefing in which she allegedly made disparaging comments about descendants of freedom fighters and Razakars\u2014comments that were formally included in the ruling.<\/p>\n
Judges also cited phone conversations where Hasina was said to have instructed officials to \u201chang\u201d protesters. The tribunal claimed she authorised severe action during last year\u2019s student-led movement, allegedly ordering the deployment of helicopters, drones and lethal force, and directing security agencies to torture, detain and even kill armed demonstrators.<\/p>\n
According to the court, she issued similar directions to the Dhaka South mayor on July 18, urging law enforcement to intensify the crackdown.<\/p>\n
The tribunal said that Hasina, the former home minister and the ex-police chief collectively committed crimes against humanity, outlining her alleged role charge by charge, based on statements and evidence gathered during the inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheikh Hasina is accused of several grave offenses amounting to crimes against humanity during the student protests in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,4,455,154961,450,154963,154966,154967,154964,451,154965,154968,3,154962,154969,452,453,3061],"class_list":["post-296755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-bihar-elections","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-live","tag-breaking-news-updates","tag-breakingnews","tag-delhi-blast","tag-delhi-blast-live","tag-delhi-blast-live-updates","tag-delhi-terror-attack","tag-headlines","tag-kashmir-bomb-blast","tag-lalu-prasad-family","tag-news","tag-red-fort-blast","tag-rjd-family","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-us-india-trade-deal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}