Ex-leader Hasina gambles on return to Bangladesh despite death penalty

Bangladesh's ousted former leader, Sheikh Hasina, is planning to return to the country despite being sentenced to death, BBC News reports. The seventy-eight-year-old was convicted of crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on a 2024 uprising. Her return would set up a direct confrontation with the authorities now holding that death sentence against her.

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