The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority
Associated PressAUG 14 2024
A case was filed against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others, including former ministers, at the country's International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.
This comes as at least 400 people were killed during weeks of anti-government student protests that broke out in July and culminated in her resignation and fleeing to India on Aug. 5, after 15 years in office.
Also on Wednesday, a court in Dhaka accepted an enforced disappearance case against Hasina and five other top officials filed by lawyer and victim Sohel Rana. Hundreds were allegedly abducted by government forces over the past decade and a half.
AHasina has tacitly confessed to be a criminal when she cowardly decided fled — or got smuggled — to India once it was clear that her autocratic rule had come to an end. The former prime minister will have much to explain upon her possible return to Bangladesh — and pay for her crimes.