Overview

• On June 1, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal formally charged the exiled former prime minister with crimes against humanity for her role in the July–August 2024 protest crackdown.
• Prosecutors allege Hasina orchestrated a “coordinated, widespread and systematic attack” involving state forces and party affiliates against student-led demonstrators.
• The indictment lists six counts, including abetment, incitement, complicity, facilitation, conspiracy and failure to prevent mass murder.
• Proceedings are being broadcast live on Bangladesh Television for the first time, while Hasina remains in self-imposed exile in India after defying an extradition order.
• Co-accused former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun face the same charges, with convictions carrying potential death sentences as the interim Yunus government bans Awami League activities