Hasina’s trial is being broadcast live (video)
A formal complaint has been filed in the case of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the International Crimes Tribunal. The trial is being broadcast live on BTV.
The complaint was filed with the tribunal on Sunday (June 1) morning, citing Hasina as the instigator. Later, the trial began to be broadcast live at around 12:15 pm.
Earlier on Saturday (May 31), Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam said that the trial of the July-August massacre will be visible by December. The trial will be conducted in such a way that no one can question its quality.
According to tribunal sources, Sheikh Hasina and others accused in the crime against humanity case in the July-August massacre surrounding the anti-discrimination student movement are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. The investigation into Sheikh Hasina’s case was concluded on May 12. In a briefing that day, the Chief Prosecutor said that Sheikh Hasina is responsible for the indiscriminate killing of more than 1,400 people during the July-August movement.
The Chief Prosecutor said that evidence of five charges, including ordering, inciting, and inciting indiscriminate killings, had been found against her. At the same time, evidence of the same crime had been found against Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
