"The streets she left behind were bloody; her regime's final crackdown on protesters in the July uprising had left as many as 1,400 dead, according to a UN report. Thousands of her party members also escaped in the aftermath, facing mob violence and mounting criminal charges for their complicity in the crimes of her regime. More than 600 Awami League figures took shelter in Kolkata, an Indian city close to the Bangladeshi border, where they have been hiding out ever since."
"In May last year, the interim government bowed to public pressure and suspended the Awami League, banning all its activities while its senior leadership was investigated and put on trial for a roster of crimes including murder and corruption. The party has also been banned from contesting or campaigning in the upcoming election on 12 February, the first since Hasina's downfall."
Awami League politicians fled to India after a violent revolution forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee by helicopter amid protesters. The July uprising's final crackdown left up to 1,400 dead, according to a UN report. Thousands of party members escaped mob violence and face criminal charges including crimes against humanity, murder, sedition, and embezzlement. More than 600 figures shelter in Kolkata, using India as a base to maintain party organisation. An interim government suspended the Awami League and barred it from the upcoming 12 February election while leaders face trials. Hasina was sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal but continues to plan a return from Delhi.
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