Bangladesh prosecutor warns Hasina faces execution if she returns
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has said ousted PM Sheikh Hasina will be executed if she returns home. The warning comes as Hasina requested a new passport after earlier vowing to return in December, more than two years after she fled to India amid a mass uprising.
The former Bangladeshi PM says she is planning to go back, despite a death sentence.
The ousted leader faces the prospect of being hanged upon return for her violent suppression of the 2024 uprising.
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UK says it will defend its interests at tribunal hearing, as Argentina seeks measures to block the offshore project.
Ms. Lyng says she has been denied entry into India despite having a visa
Mada Masr editor-in-chief Lina Attalah is being tried on the charge of "publishing false news" and potentially faces imprisonment.