Hasina says she will return from exile in December ‘at any cost’
Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed her intention to return to Bangladesh in December despite facing a death sentence for her role in a deadly government crackdown. She remains in exile in India, which has so far declined to extradite her.
Why it matters
Her potential return poses a significant geopolitical challenge for Bangladesh and India, potentially destabilizing the current political climate.
Dhaka Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, ousted in a mass uprising in 2024, has told The Associated Press that she remains committed to returning to Bangladesh from exile in India next month, despite being sentenced to death over her government's deadly crackdown on protesters. Ms. Hasina fled to India after student-led protests forced her from power and has remained there ever since. Sheikh Hasina’s extradition possible via ‘well-structured’ process: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina’s extradition possible via ‘well-structured’ process: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh When Sheikh Hasina sought refuge after the fall of her government, ‘India had hardly any choice,’ Dinesh Trivedi says Sheikh Hasina’s extradition possible via ‘well-structured’ process: India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh storyline 1 In 2025, a Bangladeshi special tribunal sentenced her to death for crimes against humanity, ruling that she was responsible for ordering the crackdown, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands…
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