Bangladesh tribunal removes ex-PM Hasina’s lawyer who had demanded her execution

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s crimes tribunal on Wednesday removed the state-appointed counsel for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina amid a controversy over his previous demand for her execution.

The Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) is running a trial against Hasina, whose nearly 16-year Awami League regime was toppled last year in a student-led protest on August 5.

According to officials here, the ICT-BD relieved Aminul Gani Titu as state defence counsel for Hasina, a day after the tribunal appointed him to defend the former prime minister, who has been accused of mass killings during July-August 2024 and enforced disappearances. PTI