Bangladesh demands India extradite ousted leader

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Bangladesh again asked India to extradite ousted former PM Sheikh Hasina, who was recently sentenced to death in absentia over a deadly crackdown on student-led protests.

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00:00Bangladesh is urging India to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,

00:04who was recently sentenced to death in absentia over last year's deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising.

00:12The interim government in Dhaka says New Delhi has a responsibility to facilitate her return

00:18under a bilateral extradition treaty signed in 2013.

00:24Hasina has been hiding in India since her autocratic rule was overthrown in August 2024.

00:30New Delhi had been a close ally when she was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for 15 years.

00:36A special international crimes tribunal in Dhaka had convicted Hasina of crimes against humanity

00:41over last year's deadly crackdown against a student-led uprising and sentenced her to death.

00:47Following the ruling, Bangladesh reiterated that India should help return the former leader.

00:52India's foreign ministry responded by saying it noted Hasina's verdict

00:56but has not commented on the prospect of her return.

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