Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina charged with crimes against humanity in Bangladesh

“The evidence points clearly to her role in directing the operation,” Islam told The Dhaka Tribune following the filing “This was a coordinated attack on civilians, and she bears command responsibility.”

The tribunal’s move follows the May 12 submission of an investigation report that, for the first time, officially named Hasina as the authority who ordered the killings.

This comes weeks after the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus banned all activities of Awami League under the Anti-Terrorism Act after days of protests. The government cited national security threats and a war crimes investigation underway against the party’s top leadership over the deaths of hundreds of protesters.

On August 5, Sheikh Hasina had resigned, vacated her residence in Dhaka and left the country for an undisclosed location in India, as protesters came out on the streets of Dhaka defying curfew orders. After entering Indian airspace, the helicopter she was flying in circled for some time and later landed at a BSF helipad in Agartala. She went to Delhi from there and landed at the Indian military airbase in Hindon on Monday evening.