Bangladesh has formally requested India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a Dhaka court sentenced her to death for crimes against humanity linked to last year’s violent student uprising. In a diplomatic note sent on Monday, Dhaka reminded New Delhi that the two nations share a binding extradition treaty and asserted that India was obligated to facilitate her return. The request also covers former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who was handed the same sentence by the International Crimes Tribunal.
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According to the letter issued by Bangladesh’s foreign ministry, granting refuge to Hasina or Kamal would be considered “a highly unfriendly act” and a direct affront to justice.
The note stated that both leaders, now fugitives, had been convicted for their role in the “July massacre” in which hundreds of student protesters were killed during a nationwide uprising that eventually toppled Hasina’s 15-year rule. Dhaka urged India to comply immediately, saying failure to do so would undermine the longstanding legal and diplomatic framework governing the two countries.
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