From exile in New Delhi, former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced her intention to return home in December, knowing a death sentence awaits her — a conviction for crimes against humanity tied to a 2024 crackdown that killed nearly 1,400 people. Her declaration arrives not as surrender but as defiance, framed in the language of duty over fear. It is the kind of moment that reminds us how power, once lost, does not simply dissolve — it waits, and sometimes it walks back through the door.
Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina vows December return despite death sentence
Nearly 1,400 people were killed during the 2024 crackdown on student-led protests that forced Hasina from power.