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Thursday December 26, 2024

Bangladesh court bans broadcasts of Hasina ‘hate speech’

By AFP
December 06, 2024
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, now ousted prime minister of Bangladesh speaking to the media on January 8, 2024. — AFP
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, now ousted prime minister of Bangladesh speaking to the media on January 8, 2024. — AFP

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi tribunal banned broadcasts of “hate speech” by autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, weeks after indicting her over the killing of protesters during the August revolution that ousted her.

Bangladesh´s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is investigating Hasina for “mass murder”, among other charges, during the weeks of unrest that forced her to flee the country for neighbouring India.

“Sheikh Hasina is accused in several cases currently under investigation by the tribunal,” prosecutor Golam Monawar Hossain Tamim told reporters.