The prosecution is set to file a petition in the International Crimes Tribunal seeking a ban on the dissemination of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s “inflammatory remarks” through media and social platforms.
The petition would be submitted on Thursday to the tribunal, headed by Chairman Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder, Prosecutor Abdullah Al Noman confirmed on behalf of the prosecution.
Earlier, the tribunal issued an arrest warrant for Sheikh Hasina, president of the Awami League, on October 17, the first day of proceedings concerning allegations of mass killings during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in July and August.
Protests in Bangladesh, which began in July as a student-led movement against public sector job quotas, escalated into some of the deadliest in the country's history.
On August 5, Hasina fled to India amid a mass uprising and has been there since then.
Later, Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus took office on August 8 as head of the interim government that took charge of the country after Hasina's ouster.
