Bangladesh has sought to prosecute ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the International Criminal Court, while she faces trial in a domestic tribunal on charges of crimes against humanity, the office of interim government chief Muhammad Yunus said here on Thursday. Had to do.
“Chief Adviser Yunus discussed the issue of Hasina’s trial with International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A Khan, who met him at his official Jamuna residence,” an official in the press wing of the Chief Adviser said.
Hasina fled India on August 5 following widespread protests against her Awami League-led government over the controversial job quota system. Three days later, Nobel laureate Yunus took over as chief advisor to the interim government.
He said Yunus, during his meeting with Khan on Wednesday, told him that Bangladesh was against Hasina and her associates, especially on allegations of “genocide” during the July-August mass uprising and disappearance of people during the last 15 years. Intends to take it forward. Of his rule.
Bangladesh’s Internal Crime Tribunal (ICT-BD) now has dozens of cases pending against Hasina, her cabinet colleagues, many of whom are in jail or on the run in the country and abroad, while Dhaka has filed an Interpol petition for their extradition from India. Had sought help from. ,
Yunus had earlier said that his government would also seek his return from India to stand trial.
However, the ICC prosecutor said the international court would like to cooperate with the ICTB, which has so far issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several top-ranking members of her Awami League party.
According to the press wing, during their discussions the two also discussed the Rohingya crisis and humanitarian aid to them, the situation in Myanmar as well as prosecution and accountability for atrocities during the July-August mass movement in Bangladesh.
Khan informed Yunus that his office had formally sought an arrest warrant for Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmar’s military government, for crimes against humanity in relation to the treatment of the Rohingyas.
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