A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday indicted deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity in connection with a deadly crackdown on protesters during the July-August uprising last year.

Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam announces the verdict. PIC/AFP

The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) has set August 3 as the date for the trial. “The tribunal has charged her (Hasina) alongside the home minister of her regime Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and (the then) inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun,” a prosecution lawyer said.