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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

Bangladesh to seek extradition of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina from India

Sheikh Hasina checking the time on her watch with a ballot paper in her hand
Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka last January. Prosecutors in Bangladesh have issued a warrant for her arrest. Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP

Bangladesh will seek the extradition of the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial on charges including crimes against humanity, the country’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, has said in a speech.

Hasina, whose autocratic regime governed Bangladesh for 15 years, was toppled in a student-led revolution in August. Since then she has been living in exile in India after fleeing the country in a helicopter as thousands of protesters overran the presidential palace.

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