Dhaka:
Bangladesh’s interim authorities on Saturday banned the Awami League, the political get together of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, pending the result of a trial over its crackdown on mass protests that prompted her ouster final yr.
In keeping with the United Nations, as much as 1,400 protesters died in July 2024 when Hasina’s authorities launched a brutal marketing campaign to silence the opposition.
Hasina stays in self-imposed exile in India and has defied an arrest warrant from Dhaka over prices of crimes in opposition to humanity.
“It has been determined to ban the actions — together with in our on-line world — of the Awami League beneath the Anti-Terrorism Act till the trial of the Awami League and its leaders ends,” Asif Nazrul, a authorities advisor on regulation and justice, instructed reporters.
Bangladesh’s interim chief, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, has led an interim authorities since Hasina was overthrown.
Nazrul mentioned the choice was taken to make sure the nation’s “sovereignty and safety” and “the safety of the protesters” together with safeguarding “the plaintiffs and the witnesses of the tribunal.”
Yunus’s administration additionally concurrently permitted an modification to the nation’s Worldwide Crimes Tribunal Act, permitting authorities to prosecute political events and their affiliated our bodies.
The Awami League rejected the administration’s transfer, calling it “illegitimate.”
The ban comes a day after hundreds of individuals rallied outdoors Yunus’s residence, demanding a ban on Hasina’s get together.
On Thursday, former Awami League chief Abdul Hamid — additionally beneath investigation — efficiently left the nation.
At the very least three cops answerable for overseeing airport arrivals and departures have been dismissed for negligence within the wake of Hamid’s departure, officers mentioned.
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