DHAKA, Bangladesh — A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Sajeeb Wazed, the son of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over alleged crimes against humanity during last year’s mass uprising that ended his mother's 15-year rule.

Wazed, who lives in the United States, was an adviser to Hasina. He is accused of shutting down internet access in much of Bangladesh during the protests and causing mass killings of protesters.

A three-member panel of judges headed by Mohammed Golam Mortuza Mozumder issued the warrant on Thursday. The next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 10.

The tribunal on Thursday considered formal charges against Wazed, as well as against former state minister for information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former law minister An

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