Thousands march in Bangladesh calling for prosecution of overthrown PM

Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s gov’t is accused of sidesplitting hundreds of protesters past summer.

Thousands of radical person rallied successful Bangladesh’s superior to request the prosecution of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and those liable for hundreds of deaths successful a wide uprising against her authorities successful July.

The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement organised what it called the March for Unity connected Tuesday astatine the Central Shaheed Minar, a nationalist monument successful Dhaka. Protesters chanted slogans calling for Hasina’s proceedings and the banning of her Awami League party.

Hasina fled to India connected August 5 aft weeks of unit successful which authorities said hundreds of radical were killed and thousands much injured connected the orders of her government. The uprising ended the 15-year regularisation of the country’s longest-serving premier minister, who began a 4th consecutive word successful January aft elections boycotted by absorption parties.

Last week, Bangladesh sent a ceremonial petition to India to extradite Hasina. She faces galore tribunal cases implicit the deaths of protesters, including immoderate connected charges of crimes against humanity.

“Since August 5, we person nary much enemies successful Bangladesh. Our lone force is the Awami League,” Hasnat Abdullah, convener of the pupil movement, said portion addressing the crowd.

Protesters besides urged the interim authorities headed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to contented a ceremonial proclamation by January 15 representing the uprising.

The pupil leaders privation the proclamation to see 2 cardinal demands: a caller constitution aft the abolishment of the existent charter, which was enacted nether Hasina’s begetter successful 1972, and a prohibition connected the Awami League.

Hasina’s enactment had ruled Bangladesh since 2009.

The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal has already issued apprehension warrants for Hasina and her adjacent aides, and the authorities has sought assistance from the planetary constabulary organisation Interpol successful seeking her arrest.

Speaking from the United States, Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, has questioned the credibility of the tribunal and called charges against her a “political witch-hunt”.

Meanwhile, the interim authorities has promised to effort Hasina and others successful her medication connected charges involving the deaths of protesters and has invited the United Nations to assistance analyse the killings.

Hasina has besides called for an investigation, saying galore deaths whitethorn person progressive different parties speech from the information agencies.