Bangladesh Chief Justice to Resign as Protesters Gherao Supreme Court
Dhaka/Hyderabad, Aug 10 (Maxim News): Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan reportedly decided to resign after hundreds of protesters on Saturday surrounded the Supreme Court premises in the capital Dhaka and issued an ultimatum to the CJ and other judges of the Appellate Division to step down by 1 pm (local time).
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Obaidul Hassan will tender his resignation after consulting President Mohammed Shahabuddin in the evening, The Dhaka Tribune reported. The chief justice of Bangladesh revealed the decision on Saturday midday after protesters gathered at the court premises.
Protestors Threaten Bangladesh Chief Justice
The Daily Star reported that the protesters had threatened that they would besiege judges’ residences if they failed to resign before the deadline.
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Around 10:30 am, several hundreds of protesters, including students and lawyers, started gathering on the Supreme Court premises, demanding the resignation of the chief justice and the judges of the Appellate Division.
Earlier in the morning, Asif Mahmud, the adviser of the Youth and Sports Ministry of the Interim Government, posted on Facebook, demanding the unconditional resignation of Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan and stopping the full court meeting.
Full Court Meeting Postponed Amid Protests
Amid the protest, the chief justice of Bangladesh postponed the full court meeting of the Supreme Court judges, which was convened to decide whether the function of the court will go on virtually.
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Obaidul Hassan was appointed to helm the Supreme Court last year and is seen as a loyalist to ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter to neighboring India on Monday as protesters flooded Dhaka’s streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted rule.
The Sheikh Hasina government was accused of widespread human rights abuses including the extrajudicial killing of thousands of her political opponents. (Maxim News)
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