New Delhi/Dhaka, Oct 31 (PTI) Bangladesh's deposed premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League has approached the International Criminal Court, seeking an investigation into crimes against persons associated with the party, as it intensified a multi-pronged global campaign against interim government chief Muhammad Yunus.

The party, now disbanded, has accused Yunus of unconstitutionally grabbing power through violent insurrection under a “meticulous design.” London-based law firm Doughty Street Chambers, which represented the Awami League at The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), last week revealed that it has filed an Article 15 Communication of the Rome Statute, which grants the ICC prosecutor the power to initiate an investigation based on information it receives about crimes with

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