Guardian

Bangladesh court orders inquiry into Sheikh Hasina’s alleged role in grocer’s death

Tarique Rahman

Shafiqur Rahman

Nahid Islam

"We aim to establish a society where corruption has no place."

"Our future movement will be dedicated to fighting corruption and extortion."

"If anyone disrupts our plans by breaking the law and order or through corruption, we will not give them any pardon."

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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.

The Daily Star

Anadolu Ajansı

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.

France 24

BBC News

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.

The Business Standard

The Hindu

Voice of America

Two murder cases have also been opened against Hasina and several others, one over the killing of a college student and another over the killing of a grocer — both on July 19 — amid nationwide protests against the civil service quota system.

Prothomalo

Al Jazeera

Meanwhile, Hasina has issued her first statement since stepping down and fleeing Bangladesh. She called for an investigation into those responsible for the killings during protests, claiming that people died due to "terrorist aggression."

Sworn in as head of the Bangladesh interim government last week, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has urged people to stop attacks against figures from the ousted administration and rather focus on rebuilding the country.

Independent

Hasina 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.

The Financial Express

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The Economic Times

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina seeks justice in first statement since her ouster

There's a 10% chance that Sheikh Hasina will get asylum in the United Kingdom before October 1, 2024, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

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