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Will Sheikh Hasina return to Bangladesh?

The former Bangladeshi PM says she is planning to go back, despite a death sentence.She faces being hanged.

Will Sheikh Hasina return to Bangladesh?
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The former Bangladeshi PM says she is planning to go back, despite a death sentence.She faces being hanged.

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Yet, Sheikh Hasina says she will return to Bangladesh and would rather die in her country.She served twice as prime minister, but was forced to resign and flee after large-scale street protests more than two years ago.Since then, she has been living in India, which has refused a request by Bangladesh to hand her over.Hasina says she asked for a new passport to return.

But the government in Dhaka turned down the request.The former leader announced she will return home in December, no matter what.So, what would her possible return mean for politics in Bangladesh?Shahab Enam Khan – Professor at the Department of International Relations at Jahangirnagar UniversitySanjay Kumar Bhardwaj – Professor at the Centre for South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, specialising in India-Bangladesh relationsTaqbir Huda – Human rights lawyer and a….

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