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The Guardian - UK
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Penelope MacRae in Delhi

Exiled PM vows to return to Bangladesh despite execution threat

Opponents burn an effigy of Sheikh Hasina
Opponents burn an effigy of Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka during her address to journalists in Delhi on Wednesday. Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters

Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return home by the end of the year, even though she faces a death sentence.

“They may put me in a cell. They may kill me. Anything may happen, but still I have to go,” said Hasina, two years after a student-led uprising toppled her government.

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