Bangladesh’s Interim Government Revokes Sheikh Hasina’s Diplomatic Passport

NDTV:

Bangladesh’s interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday, after she fled a student-led uprising by helicopter to India earlier this month.

The move to cancel Sheikh Hasina’s documents leaves the former autocratic leader in potential limbo, and comes on the same day that a United Nations team arrived in Dhaka to assess whether to investigate alleged human rights violations.

More than 450 people were killed — many by police fire — during the weeks leading up to Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, as crowds stormed her official residence in Dhaka and ended her iron-fisted 15-year rule.

The interior ministry said in a statement that Sheikh Hasina’s passport and those belonging to former government ministers and ex-lawmakers no longer in their posts “have to be revoked”.

It also poses a diplomatic dilemma for Sheikh Hasina’s current host, regional powerhouse India.