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Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina while speaking during the annual Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany on February 17, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS
A Bangladeshi tribunal banned broadcasts of "hate speech" by autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday.
Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is investigating Hasina for "mass murder", among other charges, during the weeks of unrest that forced her to flee the country for neighbouring India.
"Sheikh Hasina is accused in several cases currently under investigation by the tribunal," prosecutor Golam Monawar Hossain Tamim told reporters.
"We sought a ban on disseminating her hate speech as it could hinder legal proceedings or intimidate witnesses and victims," he said, confirming the ICT had agreed to enact the ban.
"If her speeches continue to circulate, it will become difficult to bring witnesses to the tribunal."
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