Up to 1,400 people were killed between July and August 2024 after Hasina’s government launched its crackdown, according to the United Nations.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is prosecuting former senior figures connected to Hasina’s ousted government and her now-banned party, the Awami League.
“The accused unleashed all law enforcement agencies and her armed party members to crush the uprising.”
Prosecutors say such acts are tantamount to “crimes against humanity”.
Hasina, who remains in self-imposed exile in India, has rejected the charges as politically motivated.
The prosecution of senior figures from Hasina’s government is a key demand of several of the political parties now jostling for power. The interim government has vowed to hold elections before June 2026.
Prosecutor Islam vowed that the trial would be impartial.
Investigators have collected video footage, audio clips, Hasina’s phone conversations and records of helicopter and drone movements, as well as statements from victims of the crackdown, as part of their probe.
“They systematically committed murder, attempted murder, torture, and other inhuman acts,“ Islam said.
They also accused Hasina of ordering the killing of student protester Abu Sayeed, who was shot dead at close range in the northern city of Rangpur on July 16.
The ICT court opened its first trial connected to Hasina’s government on May 25.
Four of the officers are in custody and four are being tried in absentia.
It sentenced numerous prominent political opponents to death and became widely seen as a means for Hasina to eliminate rivals.
Hasina had banned Jamaat-e-Islami and cracked down on its leaders.
Bangladesh’s interim government banned the Awami League in May, pending the outcome of her trial, and those of other party leaders.
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