Case filed against Hasina at International Criminal Court

A case has been filed against deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over genocide and crimes against humanity during the July-August uprising.

Three lawyers, including British-Bangladeshi Barrister Asraful Arafin, lodged the case with the ICC.

Barrister Asraful said the government forces and Awami League affiliates attacked the peaceful demonstrators indiscriminately, using live ammunition, rubber bullets, sound grenades and other lethal weapons.

More than 1,400 people were reportedly killed, with thousands injured, many of whom suffered permanent disabilities during the deadliest protest in Bangladesh’s history.

Ashraful also said that dead bodies were burnt and victims were buried in mass graves to erase evidence.

“All of these are crimes against humanity under international law,” he said.

Hasina fled to India on August 5. She has been accused in more than 200 cases at home, while dozens of complaints have been filed against her at the International Crimes Tribunal, a court Hasina’s government set up to try war crimes.