Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina will stand trial for crimes against humanity.
“A trial will be taking place. Not only her, but also all the people who are associated with her – her family members, her clients or associates,” he told UK-based Sky News in an interview.
Hasina is accused of overseeing a system of enforced disappearances during her time in government, as well as the mass killing of protesters in July and August last year.
Hasina, who was toppled by the protests and is currently in exile in India, is accused of overseeing a network of secret detention centres where it’s alleged her political opponents were interrogated, tortured and some killed – all under the banner of a “war on terror”, said a Sky News report published on Wednesday (March 5).
Bangladesh has issued two arrest warrants for her. Prof Yunus said they had sent “formal letters” but received “no official response” from New Delhi.
He insisted, however, that Hasina would face the court, whether physically present in Bangladesh or in absentia, in India.বিস্তারিত