Bangladesh investigators say ousted PM behind deadly crackdown


Bangladeshis celebrate after the government banned all activities of the Awami League. - Photo: AFP

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina masterminded a deadly crackdown on mass protests that prompted her ouster in 2024, prosecutors at a domestic war crimes tribunal said on Monday (May 12).

Up to 1,400 people died in July 2024 when Hasina’s government launched a brutal campaign to silence the opposition, according to the United Nations.

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