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Bangladesh issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Hasina

A Bangladeshi court has ordered an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was ousted by mass protests.

Hasina is wanted by Bangladesh's International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) for her alleged involvements in "crimes against humanity" that took place during the demonstrations, in which hundreds were killed.

Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for more than 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.

Arrest warrants have also been issued for 45 others, including former government ministers who also fled the country.

"The court has... ordered the arrest of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and to produce her in court on November 18," Mohammad Tajul Islam, the ICT's chief prosecutor, told reporters on Thursday.

"Sheikh Hasina was at the helm of those who committed massacres, killings and crimes against humanity in July to August," he added.

Bangladesh's interim health ministry said in August that more than 1,000 people were killed in the violence this summer after student-led protests against government job quotas turned into mass demonstrations, making it the bloodiest period in the country's history since its 1971 independence.

Hasina, 77, has not been seen in public since fleeing Bangladesh. Her last official whereabouts is a military airbase near India's capital Delhi.

She was initially expected to stay in India for a short time, but reports say her attempts to seek asylum elsewhere have been unsuccessful so far.

Her continued presence in India poses a challenge for Delhi in working with the new interim government in Dhaka. Many in Bangladesh are angered by the fact she has been given shelter by India.

The new interim government in Bangladesh has revoked her diplomatic passport and the two countries have a bilateral extradition treaty which would permit her return to face criminal trial.

A clause in the treaty, however, says extradition might be refused if the offence is of a "political character".

Hasina's government created the ICT in 2010 to investigate atrocities during the war with Pakistan, which gave Bangladesh its independence in 1971.

The United Nations and rights groups criticised its procedural shortcomings and it became widely seen as a means for Hasina to eliminate political opponents.

The tribunal, reconstituted by the interim government, began its proceedings on Thursday. Critics say it lacks judges with experience of international law.

Several cases accusing Hasina of orchestrating the "mass murder" of protesters are being investigated by the court.

Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed has said his mother is ready to face trial. "My mother has done nothing wrong," he told Reuters news agency last month.

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Awesome.

India should do the right thing and extradicate her so that she can answer for her crimes.
 
Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for exiled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently in India, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent protests that erupted earlier this year.

The protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into some of the deadliest unrest since the country’s independence in 1971, resulting in over 700 deaths and numerous injuries.

The violence ultimately forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5 and an interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge.

The tribunal’s proceedings, presided over by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, saw prosecutors request arrest warrants for 50 individuals, including Hasina.


 

Hasina’s resignation: ‘I have no documentary evidence’​


President Mohammed Shahabuddin has said he heard Sheikh Hasina had resigned as the prime minister, but he does not have any documentary evidence.

"I tried [to collect the resignation letter] many times but failed. Maybe she did not get the time," he added.

The president said these when Manab Zamin Chief Editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury met him and wanted to know about ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation letter.

The write-up that carries the conversation was published in the daily's political magazine "Janatar Chokh" yesterday.

Hasina left the country on August 5 following a student-led mass uprising.

According to section 57(a) of the constitution, the prime minister's office shall become vacant if he/she resigns from the office at any time by handing the resignation letter to the president.

During the conversation, the president said, "At 10:30am on August 5, the Bangabhaban had gotten a call from the prime minister's residence, saying the honourable prime minister would visit the Bangabhaban to call on His Excellency the President. Right afterwards, preparations began at the Bangabhaban. But within an hour, another call came saying she [Hasina] won't be coming."

There was news of unrest everywhere, he said.

"[At the time] I don't know what's going to happen. I can't sit around and depend on rumours. So, I asked Military Secretary General Adil to find out [what is happening]. He had no news either. We were waiting, even watching the television scrolls. There was no news anywhere.

"At one point, I heard she had left the country. She didn't tell me anything. I just told you [interviewer] whatever is true. Anyway, when Army Chief General Waker came to the Bangabhaban, I tried to know if the prime minister resigned. He gave me the same answer: 'I heard she resigned'. She perhaps did not get the time to let [us] know."

Shahabuddin added, "When things came under control, one day the cabinet secretary came to collect the copy of the resignation letter. I told him that I too am looking for it."

At one stage of the conversation with Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, the president said, "There is no room for debate in this regard anymore. The prime minister has left and that is the truth. Even then, just to ensure this question never arises again, I sought the Supreme Court's opinion on the matter."

In response to the reference sent by him, the Appellate Division of the SC, headed by the then chief justice Obaidul Hasan, gave its opinion on August 8.

It said an interim government may be formed to remove the constitutional vacuum and to ensure smooth operations of the executive, and also the president is allowed to swear in a chief adviser and other advisers of the interim government.

 

Hemant Soren's 'Sheikh Hasina asylum' retort to Amit Shah's infiltration remark​


Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing it of fostering ties with Bangladesh while blaming the state for issues related to cross-border infiltration.

Addressing an election rally at Ranka in Garhwa Assembly seat, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) working president said that BJP leaders have "double standards" regarding Bangladesh, questioning why the Centre allowed former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take refuge in India after she was thrown out of power in the neighbouring country.

"Prime minister Modi bowed before the Constitution when he took the oath. He said the country would run as per the Constitution and all sections of society would get equal rights. I want to ask him. Have you made any internal arrangements with Bangladesh? I want to ask you (PM Modi), why did you allow Sheikh Hasina's helicopter to land here. On what basis have you given her refuge?" Soren asked.

The Chief Minister's remarks came a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while addressing an election rally in Ranchi, accused the JMM-led government of patronising Bangladeshi infiltrators, while claiming that the tribal population was dwindling in Jharkhand and its demography was changing fast.

Amit Shah also promised that the BJP, if voted to power in the upcoming Assembly election, will bring in a stringent law to take back land from infiltrators in Jharkhand as well as to drive them out.

Hitting out at the Home Minister's remarks, Soren questioned why electricity produced in Jharkhand is given to Bangladesh by the Centre.

"Electricity produced in Jharkhand is being supplied to Bangladesh, while people of the state are left to deal with the pollution caused by these power plants. Isn't it the duty of the Centre to guard the borders and check infiltration? State governments have no role in it. Infiltrators enter India through states ruled by you (BJP). Why don't you check infiltration there?" he asked.

"They (BJP) themselves admit that infiltration occurs in their state, yet they hold Jharkhand responsible," the Chief Minister added.

Elections to the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will take place in two phases on November 13 and 20, and votes will be counted on November 23.

The ruling JMM will contest elections as part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, having fielded candidates in 43 Assembly seats. The Congress has been allocated 30 seats, while the Rastriya Janata Dal (RJD), led by Lalu Prasad, will contest in six seats. Additionally, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) has been assigned four seats.

 

Bangladesh to seek Interpol alert for fugitive ex-PM Hasina loyalists​


Bangladesh said Sunday it would request an Interpol “red notice” alert for fugitive leaders of the ousted regime of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who was toppled in a revolution in August.

“Those responsible for the indiscriminate killings during the mass uprising in July and August will be brought back from wherever they have taken refuge,” Asif Nazrul, the interim government’s law adviser, told reporters on Sunday.

“We will ensure they are arrested and brought to justice.”

Dozens of Hasina’s allies have been taken into custody since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 700 people during the unrest that led to her ouster.

France-based Interpol publishes red notices at the request of a member nation, based on an arrest warrant issued in their home country.

Nazrul did not mention any individual by name, but Bangladesh has already issued an arrest warrant for 77-year-old Hasina — last seen arriving in India after fleeing by helicopter as crowds stormed her palace.

Hasina’s 15-year rule saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killings of her political opponents.

Red notices issued by the global police body alert law enforcement agencies worldwide about fugitives.

Nazrul said they would request a red notice “as soon as possible.”

India is a member of Interpol, but the red notice does not mean New Delhi must hand Hasina over.

Member countries can “apply their own laws in deciding whether to arrest a person,” according to the group, which organizes police cooperation between 196 member countries.

Hasina has been summoned to appear in court in Dhaka on November 18 to face charges of “massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity.”

Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), told AFP on Sunday that the court had “sought arrest warrants for more than 60 individuals,” and that “so far, around 25 have been arrested,.”

 
Pathetic Bangladeshi Islamists.

Sheikh Hassen and her leaders left the country since months yet Hindus are dying everywhere in Bangladesh. If anyone needs to be brought to justice it’s those Islamist of Bangladesh.
 
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Pathetic Bangladeshi Islamists.

Sheikh Hassen and her leaders left the country since months yet Hindus are dying everywhere in Bangladesh. If anyone needs to be brought to justice it’s those Islamist of Bangladesh.
Oh no. Are the rivers running with hindu blood and dead hind bodies piling up in Dhaka?

Please share with us the proof the hindus dying everywhere in Bangladesh. I also heard pigs were flying in Sylet
 
Oh no. Are the rivers running with hindu blood and dead hind bodies piling up in Dhaka?

Please share with us the proof the hindus dying everywhere in Bangladesh. I also heard pigs were flying in Sylet

These Indians seem very desperate to get their agent Hasina back in Bangladesh.

They have been posting fake stuff all over social media.
 

We will seek Sheikh Hasina's extradition from India: Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus​


Bangladesh Chief Adviser and Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has announced plans to seek the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the ouster of her Awami League government in August this year.

Yunus, who heads the Bangladesh interim government, made the statement during a televised address earlier in the day, marking the 100th day of his administration.

"We will ensure justice for every killing during the July-August revolution," Yunus declared. "Efforts to prosecute those responsible are progressing well, and we will demand Hasina’s return from India to hold her accountable".

The Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime was toppled on August 5 in the face of a mass upsurge originating from a quota reform campaign by the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement. Three days later Nobel laureate Muhammad assumed office as the Chief Adviser of the interim government.

Yunus's recent remarks came a week after his interim government said it will seek Interpol's assistance in repatriating the deposed Prime Minister from India and other 'fugitives' to face trial for alleged crimes against humanity.

The current government has accused Hasina and her party leaders of ordering brutal suppression of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, which resulted in several deaths during the July-August protests.

What began as student-led demonstrations later escalated into a nationwide uprising, compelling Hasina to flee the country in secrecy, and seek refuge in India.

According to the interim government, at least 753 people were killed and thousands injured during the protests, which it termed "crimes against humanity and genocide".

Over 60 case of crimes against humanity and genocide have been registered against Hasina and her party leaders.

"A Red Notice will be issued through Interpol very soon. No matter where in the world these fugitive fascists are hiding, they will be brought back and held accountable in court," Bangladesh Law Affairs adviser Asif Nazrul had said last week.

 
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