A Bangladeshi tribunal banned broadcasts of \u201chate speech\u201d by autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, weeks after indicting her over the killing of protesters during the August revolution that ousted her.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is investigating Hasina for \u201cmass murder\u201d, among other charges, during the weeks of unrest that forced her to flee the country for neighbouring India.<\/p>\n
\u201cSheikh Hasina is accused in several cases currently under investigation by the tribunal,\u201d prosecutor Golam Monawar Hossain Tamim told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sought a ban on disseminating her hate speech as it could hinder legal proceedings or intimidate witnesses and victims,\u201d he said, confirming the ICT had agreed to enact the ban.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf her speeches continue to circulate, it will become difficult to bring witnesses to the tribunal.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear what authority would determine which speeches by Hasina qualified as hateful or how the order would be enforced.<\/p>\n
The decision came days after Hasina addressed a gathering of supporters in New York by videolink, accusing Bangladesh\u2019s interim leader Muhammad Yunus of \u201cmass murder\u201d.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people were killed in the weeks prior to Hasina\u2019s ouster, most by police fire.<\/p>\n
Scores more died in the hours after her toppling, largely in reprisal killings against prominent supporters of her Awami League party.<\/p>\n
The ICT was set up by Hasina in 2010 to probe atrocities during the country\u2019s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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