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Bangladesh’s interim government revoked the passport of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with 96 others, over their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the killings in July.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, the Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary, Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, stated, “The Passports Department has cancelled the passports of 22 individuals involved in enforced disappearances, while passports of 75 others, including Sheikh Hasina, were revoked due to their involvement in the July killings.”
Hasina, 77, has been residing in India since 5 August last year, after fleeing Bangladesh in the wake of a large-scale student-led protest that brought down her Awami League’s (AL) 16-year regime.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh has issued arrest warrants for Hasina, as well as for several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials, on charges of “crimes against humanity and genocide”.
Meanwhile, Majumder did not disclose the names of the remaining individuals whose passports were cancelled, according to the state-run BSS news agency.
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