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Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) issued apprehension warrants against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and respective others connected charges of crimes against humanity successful alleged cases of enforced disappearances during her Awami League regime.
A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) bench, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, took cognisance of the charges filed in two abstracted cases, according to media reports.
The cases impeach Ms. Hasina and 29 others of overseeing the detention, torture and disappearance of governmental opponents astatine concealed facilities operated by elite information agencies, the bdnews24 quality portal reported.
The ICT issued apprehension warrants against Ms. Hasina and others implicated successful the cases and acceptable October 22 arsenic the day to nutrient the accused earlier the court, state-run BSS news bureau reported.
Ms. Hasina fled to India connected August 5 past twelvemonth aft resigning from her station amidst unprecedented anti-government student-led protests, which toppled her Awami League regime.
In the archetypal case, the prosecution brought 5 charges successful the lawsuit against 13 people, including Hasina and her erstwhile information and defence adviser, Tarique Ahmed Siddique, implicit alleged crimes committed astatine the Joint Interrogation Cell of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence.
Prosecutors said 5 charges of crimes against humanity were filed successful the case, the quality portal reported.
The 2nd lawsuit implicates Ms. Hasina, Mr. Siddique, and 15 others implicit the disappearance and torture of detainees successful a concealed compartment operated by the Rapid Action Battalion’s Task Force Interrogation unit.
Five charges of crimes against humanity were filed determination arsenic well, the study quoted prosecutors arsenic saying.
Mr. Hasina, 78, faces aggregate cases successful Bangladesh aft being ousted past twelvemonth pursuing the wide student-led agitation successful the country.
