Sheikh Hasina was removed from power after a coup in Bangladesh. The Awami League alleged that hundreds of its leaders and activists were targeted by Islamist organizations. Investigations of crimes against humanity against Hasina are ongoing. Chhatra Shibir is accused of murders, and violence and political instability have increased.
There has been a coup in Bangladesh this year. Sheikh Hasina was removed from power by angry students. Sheikh Hasina's political party Awami League is the oldest party in Bangladesh. The party has claimed that since July this year, about 400 of its leaders and workers have been killed by Islamic organizations and Jamaat-e-Islami cadres. According to knowledgeable people, in most cases Awami members were killed. This is a trademark style, which Jamaat-e-Islami adopted to attack the opposition across Bangladesh.
Released list of its officials killed
Jamaat's student wing Chhatra Shibir is known for such killings. The Awami League recently released a list of 394 of its officials killed since July. The party said this was a preliminary list and details of more killings would be released in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter. Since August 5, when Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government fell, party leaders, activists and their families have been systematically targeted across Bangladesh.
Attacks on Awami League continue
Activists' properties were also demolished in several cases during the coup in Bangladesh. Mob beatings and lynchings were common across Bangladesh between September and October. No action was reportedly initiated to rein in the perpetrators. The Awami student wing Chhatra League has been labelled a terror organisation and many of its members have been jailed.
Sources in Bangladesh, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the killings targeting the Awami League were continuing. Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh with her sister on August 5. A day later, 29 party members and their family members were killed.
Deadline to investigate allegations against Sheikh Hasina extended
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday extended the deadline to complete the investigation into allegations of crimes against humanity against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by two months. According to the 'Daily Star' newspaper, a three-member bench headed by tribunal chairman Justice Ghulam Murtuza Majumdar passed the order and extended the deadline to February 18 to complete the investigation into the case registered against Hasina and 45 others, including former ministers, for the massacre during student-led demonstrations in July-August.
According to the prosecution, the investigation report of two cases was to be completed today, but the investigating agency sought more time. Former Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaq was shown arrested in the massacre case, apart from this, 15 other high-ranking people were also shown arrested in the case earlier.