ALBAWABA - Bangladesh will pursue the extradition of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was deposed in a revolution in August and fled to India, interim leader Muhammad Yunus announced.
Yunus stated that his administration was also committed to ensuring that those responsible for cracking down on the anti-Hasina protesters were held accountable.
"We have already taken initiatives to try those responsible for enforced disappearances, murders, and the mass killings during the July-August uprising," Yunus said on Sunday.
Hasina has been summoned to appear in court in Dhaka on Monday on charges of "massacres, killings, and crimes against humanity," but she is still in exile in India.
Several of her former cabinet ministers, who have been detained and kept in detention, are expected in court to face identical charges.
The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and 45 others, including her close associates, on allegations of crimes against humanity committed during the protests.
Earlier, the tribunal requested that the international police body Interpol issue a red notice for Hasina’s arrest.
The tribunal has filed over 60 allegations against Hasina, her Awami League party, her Cabinet members, and several former senior law enforcement personnel, including forced disappearances, killings, and even genocide.
