From exile in India, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has declared her intention to return home in December, knowing that a death sentence for crimes against humanity awaits her there. Her defiance — voiced on the second anniversary of the uprising that ended her fifteen-year rule — places personal duty above self-preservation, a posture that echoes across the long history of leaders who have gambled their lives against the verdict of history. Nearly 1,400 people died in the crackdown she ordered; a court has already judged her in absentia. Whether her return is act of conscienc
Exiled Bangladesh PM vows to return despite death sentence
Nearly 1,400 people were killed during the 2024 crackdown on protesters that led to Hasina's ouster and conviction.