Dhaka:
Bangladesh has sought to pursue deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s trial within the Worldwide Prison Court docket whilst she confronted a trial in a home tribunal on costs of crimes in opposition to humanity, workplace of the interim authorities chief Muhammad Yunus mentioned right here on Thursday.
“The Chief Adviser Yunus mentioned the difficulty of Hasina’s trial with Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC) prosecutor Karim A Khan who known as on him at his official Jamuna residence,” an official of the chief adviser’s press wing mentioned.
Hasina fled to India on August 5 following widespread protests in opposition to her Awami League-led authorities over a controversial job quota system. Three days later, Yunus, a Nobel laureate, took over because the Chief Adviser of the interim authorities.
He mentioned Yunus, throughout his assembly with Khan on Wednesday, advised him that Bangladesh intends to pursue the costs in opposition to Hasina and her allies significantly on costs of finishing up “bloodbath” throughout the July-August mass rebellion and enforced disappearances throughout the previous 15 years of her rule.
Dozens of instances at the moment are being processed on the Inner Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) in opposition to Hasina, her cupboard colleagues, a number of of them being in jail or on the run at dwelling and overseas whereas Dhaka sought Interpol assist for her repatriation from India.
Yunus, earlier, mentioned his authorities would additionally search her return from India to face trial.
The ICC prosecutor, nevertheless, mentioned the worldwide courtroom wish to prolong cooperation to ICT-BD, which by now, has issued an arrest warrant for Hasina and several other top-ranking members of her Awami League celebration.
Based on the press wing, the duo throughout their dialogue, additionally mentioned the Rohingya disaster and humanitarian help for them, the Myanmar scenario alongside the prosecution and accountability of atrocities throughout the July-August mass motion in Bangladesh.
Khan knowledgeable Yunus that his workplace had formally sought an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s navy authorities chief Min Aung Hlaing for crimes in opposition to humanity concerning the therapy of Rohingyas.
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