"The special tribunal will decide whether Hasina is guilty of personally ordering a deadly clampdown on a student-led uprising against her autocratic rule in July and August 2024. Hundreds of people were killed when security forces fired on anti-government protesters, though the exact figure is unclear. According to UN investigators, up to 1,400 people may have been killed in violent repression of mass protests. The country's health advisor has a lower figure of 800, with about 14,000 injured."
"Prosecutors filed five charges, including failure to prevent murder, amounting to crimes against humanity under Bangladeshi law. Hasina is being tried in absentia after she fled to India in August 2024 and refused to return to Bangladesh for the trial. Hasina, who was prime minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2024, faces a possible death penalty if convicted. Two others, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Police Inspector General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, were also charged along with Hasina."
Sheikh Hasina faces charges of crimes against humanity over an alleged personal order to clamp down on a student-led uprising in July and August 2024. A special tribunal will determine guilt. Security forces fired on anti-government protesters, killing hundreds, with UN investigators estimating up to 1,400 deaths and the country's health advisor citing about 800 deaths and roughly 14,000 injuries. Prosecutors filed five charges, including failure to prevent murder, under Bangladeshi law. Hasina fled to India in August 2024 and is being tried in absentia. She faces a possible death penalty if convicted. Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former Police Inspector General Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were also charged.
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