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Bangladesh court to deliver verdict on Sheikh Hasina's alleged crimes on N
Updated : 7 months 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 declares a building in Dhaka Cantonment as temporary prison
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Bangladesh home ministry on Monday declared a building in Dhaka Cantonment a temporary prison after taking 15 army officers into custody.
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Bangladesh takes 15 serving and former army officers into military custody
Updated : 7 months, 1 week 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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CFU marks third anniversary of UN Uyghur rights report, urges action again
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks 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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China faces criticism as Uyghur families still suffer, 3 years after UN Xi
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks 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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Bangladesh ICT orders trial of former PM Hasina over 2024 July movement cr
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh court designated for the trial of international crimes, on Thursday ordered the initiation of trials against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her of ordering the shooting and killing of protesters during the student-led July
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Bangladesh tribunal sentences former PM Sheikh Hasina to 6 months in priso
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), a Bangladesh court designated for the trial of international crimes, on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to six months in prison in a contempt of court case.
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Bangladesh tribunal begins former PM Sheikh Hasina's trial; proceedings ai
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has been formally charged with crimes against humanity during the 2024 student uprising. The trial is being held in her absence, while she lives in India. An interim government now leads the country under Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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Recent legislative initiatives by Bangladesh's interim government risk und
Updated : 1 year ago IST
On May 12, the interim government ordered a "temporary" ban on the Awami League, using newly introduced powers under a draconian amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act
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Two Baloch students forcibly disappeared in Turbat; UN experts decry ongoi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Two young Baloch students have allegedly been forcibly taken by Pakistani security forces in Turbat, the primary city of the Kech district in Balochistan, as reported by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
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Former Indian envoy Veena Sikri questions credibility of second arrest war
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Following a second arrest warrant against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over allegations of enforced disappearances, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Veena Sikri, questioned the credibility and evidence behind these charges, emphasising the lack of facts and f
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"For extradition, offender has several protections": Ex-Addl Solicitor Gen
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Vikas Singh said that for a political crime, one cannot be extradited. -- India cannot extradite individuals accused of political crimes and the punishment in the requesting country (Bangladesh) must not exceed that prescribed in India for similar offences.
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