Dhaka: Bangladesh began the first trial on Sunday in a special court, waking up the former high -level figures related to the government ejected from Sheikh Hasina.
The Capital Dhaka Court accepted a formal position against eight police officers in relation to the murder of six protesters on August 5 of last year, the day the Sheikh Hasina fled the country when the protesters broke into their palace.
The eight men are accused of crimes against humanity. Four are in custody and four are being judged in the absence.
“The formal trial has begun,” Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of the International Court of National Crimes of Bangladesh (ICT), told journalists. “The Prosecutor’s Office believes that this prosecution may prove the crimes made by the accused,” he said.
It is the first formal position in any case related to the murders during the uprising led by last year’s students, which ended the 15 -year rule of Iron positions in Hasina.
According to the United Nations, up to 1,400 people were killed in July and August last year when the Hasina government launched a brutal campaign to silence protesters.
The list of those who face the trial includes former Dhaka Police Commissioner, Habibur Rahman, who is among the courts in absence.
Hasina fled from helicopter to India, her old ally.
She remains in self -imposed exile, challenging Dhaka’s extradition request to face charges of crimes against humanity.
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The launch of the judgments of high level figures of the Hasina government is a key demand of several of the political parties that are now being push for power, since the nation of southern Asia expects elections that the interim government has promised will take place before June of next year.
Islam said that the eight men were accused of “different responsibilities”, including the most senior for the “responsibility of superior command, some for direct orders … (and) some for participation.”
Posted in Dawn, May 26, 2025
