Overview

• The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will decide on July 10 whether to formally frame five counts of crimes against humanity against Sheikh Hasina and two senior aides
• Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and ex-police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were accused on June 1 of murder, attempted murder, torture and use of lethal weapons
• The in absentia trial opened after Hasina fled to India following last year’s uprising and ignored multiple orders to return for hearings
• Last week the tribunal sentenced Hasina to six months in prison for contempt of court over comments prosecutors say intimidated witnesses
• A Dhaka court has summoned Hasina, her relatives and former officials for a July 20 hearing in six corruption cases involving state land allocations