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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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"Muhammad Yunus Wants Civil War": Sheikh Hasina's Aide After Death Penalty Verdict
The Awami League has slammed the Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh over "staged drama" in what they called a "kangaroo court", after the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death.
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Dhaka Courtroom Erupts In Claps, Cheers As Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty
Sheikh Hasina, 78, was sentenced to death for 'crimes against humanity' committed during last year's anti-government agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: A Look Back At Turmoil In Bangladesh
Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.
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Bangladesh Okays Death Penalty For Enforced Disappearances
Bangladesh's government approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of "enforced disappearance", amidthe ongoing trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 serving military officers over crimes against humanity.
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Bangladesh Seeks Death Penalty For Sheikh Hasina Over Protest Deaths
A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave.
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10 Get Death Penalty Over Plot To Assassinate Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
A tribunal here in Bangladesh on Sunday awarded death penalty to 10 people for planting a bomb in 2000 to assassinate then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentence For Top Islamist Leader
Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.
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Can India Deny Dhaka's Request To Extradite Sheikh Hasina? What Rules Say
After Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, was sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity", the interim government in Dhaka urged India to immediately extradite the deposed leader.
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Opinion | With Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence, It's 1975 Again In Bangladesh
Hasina becomes an emblem of the circularity of South Asian history, where leaders are alternately elevated as saviours and condemned as tyrants, often within a single lifetime.
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"Very Troubling": Shashi Tharoor On Death Penalty To Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for "crimes against humanity".
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"Muhammad Yunus Wants Civil War": Sheikh Hasina's Aide After Death Penalty Verdict
The Awami League has slammed the Mohammed Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh over "staged drama" in what they called a "kangaroo court", after the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death.
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Dhaka Courtroom Erupts In Claps, Cheers As Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty
Sheikh Hasina, 78, was sentenced to death for 'crimes against humanity' committed during last year's anti-government agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: Global Leaders Who Faced The Same Fate
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal for "crimes against humanity" linked to last year's student-led protests that toppled her Awami League government.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty, Dhaka Court Cites "Crimes Against Humanity"
Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.
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Sheikh Hasina Gets Death Penalty: A Look Back At Turmoil In Bangladesh
Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.
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Bangladesh Okays Death Penalty For Enforced Disappearances
Bangladesh's government approved a draft ordinance prescribing the death penalty for perpetrators of "enforced disappearance", amidthe ongoing trial of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 serving military officers over crimes against humanity.
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Bangladesh Seeks Death Penalty For Sheikh Hasina Over Protest Deaths
A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh sought the death penalty Thursday for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a case involving charges of crimes against humanity in a mass uprising last year that forced her to leave.
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10 Get Death Penalty Over Plot To Assassinate Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
A tribunal here in Bangladesh on Sunday awarded death penalty to 10 people for planting a bomb in 2000 to assassinate then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentence For Top Islamist Leader
Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence for the leader of the country's largest Islamist party for crimes during its 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.
