Bangladesh tribunal indicts ousted PM Hasina over deaths of protesters
Hasina and Khan are being tried in absentia.
The tribunal opened the trial on June 5 and had asked Hasina to appear before it. Authorities published newspaper advertisements asking Hasina, who has been in exile in India, and Khan to appear before the tribunal.
Hasina has been in exile since August 5 2024. Bangladesh's interim government, headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, sent a formal request to India for Hasina's extradition, but India has not responded.
Khan is possibly also in India. Al-Mamun was arrested and was in the dock on Thursday while the judges indicted them.
On Thursday, Al-Mamun pleaded guilty and told the tribunal that he would make a statement in favour of the prosecution at a later stage. The prosecution offered a leaked audio of Hasina and other documents as evidence to the tribunal.
The tribunal later fixed August 3 for the opening statement by the prosecution and August 4 for recording witnesses' statements.
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