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Bangladesh ICT to deliver verdict against Sheikh Hasina on November 17
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The International Crime Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Thursday announced that it will deliver its verdict on November 17 in the case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who faces charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, related to the July uprising last year.
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Bangladesh on high alert ahead of court fixing verdict date in case agains
Updated : 4 months ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh will announce on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity, including murder, during the July uprising last year.
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UAE supports efforts to implement humanitarian truce, achieve immediate ce
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The UAE strongly condemned and denounced the grave humanitarian violations and horrific crimes committed against civilians across war-torn regions of Sudan, including the city of El Fasher. The UAE stressed that targeting civilians, residential areas, and vital facilities in all regions witn
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Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on N
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former PM Sheikh Hasina is facing trial for crimes against humanity for allegedly being part of torturing multiple people and orchestrating disappearances during the Awami League regime. Hasina was forced to flee after the student-led uprising in August 2024 ousted her. Afterwards, Nobel lau
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Bangladesh army officers seek bail after tribunal appearance
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Bangladesh's ICT ordered 15 serving army officers jailed over enforced disappearances during Sheikh Hasina's tenure. The officers denied the charges. Earlier, the tribunal issued arrest warrants against 30 accused, including Hasina and her adviser, in two cases involving abduction, detention
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Bangladesh takes 15 serving and former army officers into military custody
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Fifteen of the army officers against whom arrest warrants have been issued for alleged involvement in "disappearances and crimes against humanity" during Sheikh Hasina's tenure have been taken into military custody.
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Police forward complaint against former Nepal PM Oli and ex-Home Minister
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Nepal's Kathmandu District Police forwarded complaints against former PM KP Sharma Oli and ex-Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak to a high-level commission probing the Gen-Z protests, where 21 people died. Families of victims accused them of crimes against humanity, prompting an investigation into
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"What Israel is carrying out is a war crime and a crime against humanity":
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UNGA via video after being denied a US visa. He accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, claiming over 220,000 casualties, and described the actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity that will stand among history's worst humanit
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CFU marks third anniversary of UN Uyghur rights report, urges action again
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to CFU, the 2022 OHCHR report was the first by a UN body to acknowledge that the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) actions in East Turkistan may amount to international crimes, including crimes against humanity.
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Toronto Conference highlights Pakistan's atrocities in Balochistan on UN D
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Canadian Baloch Congress held a human rights conference in Toronto highlighting enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speakers condemned abductions of activists and civilians, called for global awareness, and demanded accountability from Pakist
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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Amnesty International has raised fresh alarm that Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang remain under relentless repression, three years after the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its landmark assessment on 31 August 2022. That report concluded that serious
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US State Department accuses China of genocide, crimes against humanity in
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The US State Department's human rights report accused China of "genocide and crimes against humanity" against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, citing mass detentions, forced labour, and re-education programs. It highlighted severe restrictions on free expression, systemic discrimination,
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