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India's Legal Options: Can Sheikh Hasina Be Extradited to Bangladesh Under Bilateral Treaty Provisions?
Nov 18, 2025 06:18 pm CST
This article examines the complex legal and diplomatic situation surrounding Bangladesh's request to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India following her death sentence in absentia. It analyzes the India-Bangladesh Extradition Treaty provisions, India's legal framework, and diplomatic considerations that give New Delhi significant discretion in handling this high-profile extradition request, despite Bangladesh's insistence that compliance is mandatory under bilateral agreements.
Sheikh Hasina's Death Sentence: Bangladesh Repeats Its Political Trauma of 1975
Nov 18, 2025 05:30 pm CST
Bangladesh's former president Sheikh Hasina faces a death sentence in absentia, mirroring her father's fate in 1975. This verdict highlights South Asia's cyclical political tragedies where leaders transform from saviors to tyrants. Her exile in India further complicates regional relations as Bangladesh struggles with unresolved historical tensions between secularism, religious nationalism, and the unfulfilled promises of liberation.
Bangladesh Court Sentences Former PM Sheikh Hasina to Death: Chief Adviser Yunus Affirms "No One Above the Law"
Nov 18, 2025 12:45 am CST
Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has endorsed the special tribunal's death sentence verdict against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her aide for crimes against humanity during the 2023 student protests. Yunus emphasized that this ruling upholds the principle that no one is above the law, while calling for calm as Bangladesh works to rebuild its democratic institutions after the protests that ended Hasina's 16-year rule.
Sheikh Hasina's Timeline: From Bangladesh PM to Death Sentence for Crimes Against Humanity
Nov 17, 2025 10:14 pm CST
Following a student-led uprising in August 2024, Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power and later sentenced to death in absentia by the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh for crimes against humanity. This comprehensive timeline traces the 15-month period from her fall from power to her conviction, including the formation of an interim government, UN investigations finding approximately 1,400 protest deaths, and the legal proceedings that led to her sentence on November 17, 2025.