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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tracy McVeigh

Sheikh Hasina: child of the revolution who eroded Bangladesh’s democracy

A poster of a veiled older Asian woman with holes in her face
A vandalised image of Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka. The prime minister fled Bangladesh after weeks of unrest that grew out of student-led protests over state job quotas. Photograph: M Alam/EPA

The world’s longest-serving female leader was, according to her son, “in good spirits, but disheartened and disappointed in the lack of gratitude of the people of Bangladesh”.

After weeks of protests, more than 300 deaths and increased international criticism of her government’s slide into autocracy, the long rule of Sheikh Hasina ended on Monday as she fled the country she had led for a combined total of more than 20 years.

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