‘I will return’: Sheikh Hasina accuses Yunus of ‘unleashing terrorists;’ interim government says ex-PM’s extradition ‘prime precedence’

Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed Bangladesh’s interim government chief Muhammad Yunus for the nation’s “lawlessness” and vowed to return again to her nation.
During a one-on-one interplay on Zoom with widows of 4 policemen killed throughout final July’s pupil rebellion, Hasina claimed Yunus has “unleashed terrorists” on its residents, PTI information company reported.
Hasina’s 16-year Awami League administration ended following a pupil rebellion on August 5, 2024, forcing her to hunt refuge in India.
Hasina stated, “He (Yunus) dissolved all inquiry committees and unleashed terrorists to butcher people. They are destroying Bangladesh.”
The dialog, which surfaced on social media on Tuesday, confirmed Hasina comforting grieving relations while expressing her intention to return and search justice for the fallen officers.
“I will return and avenge the deaths of our policemen,” she declared, noting that she had narrowly escaped loss of life throughout her government’s collapse, attributing her survival to divine intervention “to do something good.”
“Yunus has no experience in running a government,” the previous prime minister said, including, “We need to put an end to this lawlessness.”
In earlier social media appearances, Hasina accused Yunus of orchestrating “a long, and well-designed plot to oust her government and grab the state power.”

‘Extradition of Sheikh Hasina prime precedence’

Meanwhile, the workplace of Bangladesh’s interim government stated on Tuesday that securing the extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India was their prime precedence.
“This is the government’s top priority,” chief adviser Yunus’ press secretary Shafiqul Alam stated throughout a media briefing that the administration would persist in its makes an attempt to deliver Hasina again for a private trial.
During the briefing, he indicated that while the Bangladeshi public and political organisations would decide the longer term of her “fascist” Awami League, people allegedly chargeable for killings, pressured disappearances and different offences should face authorized penalties.
The spokesperson referenced the Office of the united nations excessive commissioner for human rights’ (OHCHR) fact-finding report from the earlier week, which indicated Hasina’s involvement in crimes towards humanity throughout her management.
According to the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), he famous that following the publication of UN and human rights organisations’ reviews, there was elevated stress for India to return Hasina to Bangladesh.

What was written in OHCHR report?

The UN human rights workplace (OHCHR) issued a report final week detailing the unrest in Bangladesh that resulted in roughly 1,400 fatalities. The report was titled ‘Human Rights Violations and Abuses associated to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh’.
The doc examined occasions from July 1 to August 15, encompassing pupil protests demanding Hasina’s removing and subsequent assaults on Awami League supporters and minority teams, together with Hindus.
The findings revealed that the Awami League administration beneath Hasina responded with extreme measures towards protesters, leading to “hundreds of extrajudicial killings.”
Police headquarters, now considerably reorganised beneath the interim administration, confirmed {that a} minimal of 44 police personnel, together with officers, misplaced their lives in the course of the upheaval.
The UN report indicated that 450 of the nation’s 639 police stations suffered destruction or harm from mob violence in the course of the interval surrounding the Awami League government’s collapse.
“After Sheikh Hasina left the country on August 5 last year, revenge violence surged,” said the OHCHR report, noting that violent teams attacked and set fireplace to quite a few police services.
The UN rights workplace reported that in quite a few cases, police personnel both deserted their posts or obtained permission to depart from their commanders, while in different conditions, officers confronted mob violence ensuing of their deaths.