Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Md Abul Hasnat yesterday testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 in the case concerning the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed during the July 2024 Mass Uprising.

Appearing as a prosecution witness, Hasnat delivered detailed testimony tracing the movement's trajectory from the 2018 quota reform protests to the nationwide uprising that culminated in Sayed's death.

Hasnat, the NCP's chief organiser for the southern region, told the tribunal that on July 14 last year student leaders had submitted a memorandum to the President amid growing tensions on campuses. Later that night, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina returned from China and mad...