Probe report on Hasina over July uprising atrocities due Monday, Chief Prosecutor says

The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal is set to submit its report on Monday in a case against deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, involving allegations of crimes against humanity, including genocide, during last year’s July uprising.

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam said in a Facebook post on Friday that he expects to receive the report on Monday. “Following this, formal charges will be submitted and the trial will begin,” he wrote.

Under the tribunal’s procedures, the investigation report is first submitted to the chief prosecutor’s office. After review, the chief prosecutor formally places the charges before the tribunal.

The tribunal was reconstituted following the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August, when the uprising reached its peak.

The case against Sheikh Hasina -- centred on alleged crimes committed during the uprising between 15 July and 5 August -- was the first to be filed with the newly formed tribunal.

Two additional cases against her remain pending with the tribunal.

Of them, one involves allegations of murder and enforced disappearances during the Awami League tenure, and the other concerns deaths during a Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in Dhaka’s Motijheel.