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She was once cast as a secular heroine, the daughter of a revolutionary leader, whose brutal assassination in the 1970s defined her political ascent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Sheikh Hasina\u2019s rise to the top of Bangladesh\u2019s politics preceded a stunning fall from power to self-exile in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A death sentence delivered in absentia could now see her executed \u2013 if New Delhi decides to send her back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ousted leader was found guilty of crimes against humanity for the violent suppression of student protests that toppled her regime in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She fled to India last August after 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, seeking refuge in the capital of one of her closest allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now she\u2019s become a pawn in a tense standoff between the two countries as Dhaka demands her extradition to face justice for crimes that she insists she did not commit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe had to flee the country to flee the rage of the people,\u201d said Bangladeshi political scientist Mubashar Hasan. \u201cHiding in India and handed down a death penalty. It\u2019s quite an extraordinary story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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