Bangladesh crimes tribunal issues arrest warrant for exiled former PM Hasina

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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday (Oct 17) issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent protests that erupted earlier this year.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former

00:08Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent

00:14protests that erupted earlier this year.

00:17The protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas,

00:22escalated into some of the deadliest unrest since the country's independence in 1971,

00:29resulting in over 700 deaths and numerous injuries.

00:33The violence ultimately forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5, and an interim government

00:39led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge.

00:44The tribunal's proceedings, presided over by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, saw prosecutors

00:50request arrest warrants for 50 individuals, including Hasina.

00:55We have requested an arrest warrant for Hasina, and the court has approved our request, and

01:02has ordered the arrest of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, as soon as November

01:0918.

01:12To date, more than 60 complaints have been filed against Hasina and other leaders of

01:17her Awami League party, alleging enforced disappearances, murder, and mass killings.

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