Exiled PM vows to return to Bangladesh despite execution threat
Summary
Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, has said she will return to her country by December despite a death sentence issued against her. She has been living in exile in India since her government was removed two years ago after mass protests and a change in power.Key Facts
- Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh and has lived under security in India since her government was toppled.
- Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity related to the violent suppression of protests two years ago.
- The protests began over job quotas but grew into a larger movement against Hasina’s rule, with estimated deaths between 800 and 1,400.
- Hasina plans to return to Bangladesh in December, which is a significant month in the country’s history marking independence victory.
- India supports her with state-level security but officially distances itself from her political statements and denies organizing her news conference.
- The current government in Bangladesh, led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, has barred Hasina’s party and may arrest her if she returns.
- Hasina has asked for the ban on her party to be lifted, release of political prisoners, and the dropping of cases against her supporters.
- The new government blames Hasina’s time in power for economic problems and corruption, while Hasina accuses them of causing lawlessness and harming the country’s secular values.
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