More than a dozen Bangladeshi former top government officials arrested after a mass uprising in August have been charged with “enabling massacres” before a special tribunal which also told investigators they have one month to complete their work on former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Dozens of Hasina’s allies were taken into custody since her regime collapsed, accused of involvement in a police crackdown that killed more than 1,000 people during the unrest that led to her removal and exile to India.
Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam on Monday said the 13 defendants, who included 11 former ministers, a judge, and an ex-government secretary, were accused of command responsibility for the deadly crackdown on the student-led protest that toppled the regime.
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