US EditionBangladesh Writes Letter to India Seeking Extradition of Former PM Sheikh Hasina Amid Death Sentence: What We Know
Bangladesh's interim government seeks extradition of Sheikh Hasina, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, following a trial in absentia, officials said.
- On November 23, 2025, Bangladesh's interim government sent an official letter to India seeking the extradition of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammed Touhid Hossain said the letter was sent the day before yesterday.
- On Nov 17, the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh sentenced 78-year-old Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister, and then Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death after a trial in absentia.
- Through the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, Dhaka routed the extradition request as a note verbale; Ms. Hasina is in India, and Dhaka previously sent at least three requests in December last year.
- India acknowledged receipt of the letter but did not expand publicly on extradition prospects, while Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry cited an `obligatory responsibility` under the 2013 bilateral extradition treaty.
- On August 5 last year, Ms. Hasina's Awami League government was toppled in the July Uprising, while a UN rights office reported about 1,400 deaths between July 15 and August 15, and general elections are set for February with the Awami League barred.
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Bangladesh asks India to extradite fugitive ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
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