The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh on Thursday ordered the authorities to ban the dissemination of all the “hate speeches” of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (of Awami League, who fled Bangladesh on 5 August due to the popular public rebel) in the media and on social networking platforms including her latest public address.
Earlier this week, while addressing an Awami League event in New York virtually, Hasina had slammed the interim government’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus for allegedly targeting Hindu temples, including ISKCON sites, and other religious places of the minorities in Bangladesh. While addressing she said,’’ What is this persecution of minorities for? Why are they being ruthlessly attacked?”
She added, “Today, I am being accused of genocide. In reality, Yunus has been involved in genocide in a meticulously designed manner. Hindus, Buddhists, Christians – no one has been spared. Eleven churches have been razed, temples and Buddhist shrines have been broken. When Hindus protested, the ISKCON leader was arrested.”
The tribunal, headed by Justice Md. Golam Mortuza, directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove all current and previous instances of such speeches of Hasina from all platforms.
