A Bangladeshi court on Thursday requested a capture warrant for banished ex-pioneer Sheik Hasina, who escaped to India in August after she was brought down from power by an understudy drove upset.
Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, told reporters on Thursday, “The court has […] ordered the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and to produce her in court on November 18.”
Hasina’s 15-year rule saw boundless denials of basic freedoms, including the mass detainment and extrajudicial killings of her political rivals.
Islam claimed, describing it as a “remarkable day,” that “Sheikh Hasina was at the helm of those who committed massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity in July and August.”
Since leaving Bangladesh, Hasina, 77, has not been seen in public. Her last official location was a military airbase near New Delhi, India’s capital.
Bangladesh has been enraged by her presence in India.
Dhaka has repudiated her conciliatory visa, and the nations have a two-sided removal deal which would allow her re-visitation of face criminal preliminary.
However, if the crime has a “political character,” according to a clause in the treaty, extradition may be denied.
In 2010 to investigate atrocities committed during independence in 1971, Hasina’s government established the highly contentious ICT.
It was criticized for its procedural flaws by rights groups and the United Nations, and it became widely believed that Hasina was using it to get rid of political opponents.
The court is looking into a number of cases in which Hasina is accused of orchestrating the “mass murder” of protesters.
