A Bangladeshi court has issued a second arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, this time over an alleged enforced disappearance during her time in power. Bangladesh is seeking Ms Hasina's extradition from India, where she's been exiled since August.
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00:00This is the second arrest warrant issued by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal
00:08against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country in August after student-led
00:13protests toppled her government.
00:15It relates to her alleged role in enforced disappearances during her 15 years in power.
00:21The tribunal's chief prosecutor, Tajul Islam, says it alleges more than 500 people were
00:27abducted by security forces and kept in secret facilities during her reign.
00:33Eleven others were also issued similar arrest warrants, including Ms Hasina's military
00:38advisor.
00:39She's been ordered to face court in Bangladesh early next month, but it looks unlikely that
00:44she will turn up.
00:46The court had already issued a warrant for Ms Hasina's arrest back in October on charges
00:50of crimes against humanity relating to the deaths of reportedly hundreds of protesters
00:56in July and August during the student-led uprising that ultimately forced her to resign
01:02and flee to India.
01:04That warrant had ordered her to appear before the International Crimes Tribunal by mid-November,
01:09which she did not do.
01:11Sheikh Hasina is currently in exile here in New Delhi, and two weeks ago, Bangladesh's
01:16interim government sent a formal request to the Indian government to extradite her back
01:22to Bangladesh.
01:23And while the Indian government has confirmed that it did receive a communication from Bangladesh,
01:29it hasn't yet given any further comment or any indication of whether it has responded
01:34to that request or, indeed, whether it intends to comply with it.