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Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Prosecutor Aminul Islam has stated that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has exhausted all legal avenues and that her death‑sentence should be carried out. In a statement to reporters, Islam said that Hasina had used every legal remedy available to her and that she had no other option but to face execution. He added that if she had truly wished to return to Bangladesh, she would have come back during the trial or filed an appeal within 30 days of the verdict. Islam also addressed reports that a Bangladeshi passport or travel document had been requested on Hasina’s behalf. He said that there is no legal basis for issuing such documents to a person sentenced to death. He further explained that if Hasina wished to return to Bangladesh, she would need to submit a written request to the Indian government for her repatriation. The prosecutor questioned whether factions within Hasina’s party, the Awami League, had used the former prime minister as a “pawn” to destabilise the country. He noted that Hasina had announced in a statement on 5 November that she had not abandoned her decision to return to Bangladesh in December, despite the death sentence. Hasina fled to India in August 2024 after protests erupted over a government decision to reserve university quotas for children of veterans of the 1971 Liberation War. The protests, which began in July 2024, were sparked by a reduction in the quota ratio by the Supreme Court. Demonstrators demanded justice for those who had died in the demonstrations. The unrest escalated, and Hasina left her official residence and travelled to India by military helicopter while the protests continued. On 8 August 2024, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as interim prime minister. The interim government was dissolved following the February 2025 elections, in which the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won power. Hasina was sentenced to death in November 2025 in absentia for her alleged responsibility for the deaths during the protests and was also convicted of corruption, receiving additional prison terms. Article and image source: Haberler
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Prosecutor Aminul Islam has stated that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has exhausted all legal avenues and that her death‑sentence should be carried out. In a statement to reporters, Islam said that Hasina had used every legal remedy available to her and that she had no other option but to face execution. He added that if she had truly wished to return to Bangladesh, she would have come back during the trial or filed an appeal within 30 days of the verdict. Islam also addressed reports that a Bangladeshi passport or travel document had been requested on Hasina’s behalf. He said that there is no legal basis for issuing such documents to a person sentenced to death. He further explained that if Hasina wished to return to Bangladesh, she would need to submit a written request to the Indian government for her repatriation. The prosecutor questioned whether factions within Hasina’s party, the Awami League, had used the former prime minister as a “pawn” to destabilise the country. He noted that Hasina had announced in a statement on 5 November that she had not abandoned her decision to return to Bangladesh in December, despite the death sentence. Hasina fled to India in August 2024 after protests erupted over a government decision to reserve university quotas for children of veterans of the 1971 Liberation War. The protests, which began in July 2024, were sparked by a reduction in the quota ratio by the Supreme Court. Demonstrators demanded justice for those who had died in the demonstrations. The unrest escalated, and Hasina left her official residence and travelled to India by military helicopter while the protests continued. On 8 August 2024, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as interim prime minister. The interim government was dissolved following the February 2025 elections, in which the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won power. Hasina was sentenced to death in November 2025 in absentia for her alleged responsibility for the deaths during the protests and was also convicted of corruption, receiving additional prison terms.
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