B'desh tribunal indicts Hasina over killingsof protesters
Dhaka, July 11 -- A special tribunal indicted Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of protesters were killed last year.
A three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, indicted Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on five charges. While Al-Mamun is in custody, Hasina and Khan are being tried in absentia.
Responding to the panel's decision, Hasina's Awami League party condemned the trial process and said the tribunal was a "kangaroo" court.P13...
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