Overview
- Sajeeb Wazed, who lives in the United States, is accused by the International Crimes Tribunal of crimes against humanity linked to the July protest crackdown, including cutting internet access.
- The three-judge panel issued the warrant on Thursday and set the next tribunal proceedings for December 10.
- The court also moved forward on related cases, ordering the production of former officials Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Anisul Huq and Salman F Rahman, all of whom are already in custody.
- The arrest order follows last month’s in‑absentia death sentence for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the protest crackdown, a verdict she denounced as politically motivated.
- Authorities and rights groups have cited sharply different death tolls from the unrest, with the interim government listing 834 dead and the UN later estimating up to about 1,400.