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Bangladesh tribunal indicts ex-PM Hasina over protester deaths

Sheikh Hasina, the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh and president of the Bangladesh Awami League party [File: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two senior officials over alleged crimes against humanity linked to a deadly crackdown on protesters during last year’s July uprising.

The tribunal, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder and comprising justices Shafiul Alam Masud and Mohitul Enam Chowdhury, formally charged Hasina on Thursday.

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