NCP Convener Nahid Islam has called for the Awami League to be brought under trial as a political party for crimes committed during its tenure.
Speaking after cross-examination as the 47th witness in Tribunal-1, chaired by Justice Golam Mortuza Mojumder, Nahid said, “Sheikh Hasina, as party chief, ordered killings to maintain her grip on power. The people have since overthrown her, making these crimes the responsibility of Awami League as a party. We will formally petition the tribunal for their trial.”
Hasina currently faces two additional cases: one over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during her regime, and another linked to the deadly crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islam’s Shapla Square rally.