00:00Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former
00:08Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, citing her alleged involvement in mass killings during violent
00:14protests that erupted earlier this year.
00:17The protests, which began as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas,
00:22escalated into some of the deadliest unrest since the country's independence in 1971,
00:29resulting in over 700 deaths and numerous injuries.
00:33The violence ultimately forced Hasina to flee to India on August 5, and an interim government
00:39led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus took charge.
00:44The tribunal's proceedings, presided over by Justice Golam Mortuza Majumdar, saw prosecutors
00:50request arrest warrants for 50 individuals, including Hasina.
00:55We have requested an arrest warrant for Hasina, and the court has approved our request, and
01:02has ordered the arrest of Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister, as soon as November
01:0918.
01:12To date, more than 60 complaints have been filed against Hasina and other leaders of
01:17her Awami League party, alleging enforced disappearances, murder, and mass killings.
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