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Ousted Bangladeshi leader vows to return from exile despite facing a death sentence

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Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, marked the second anniversary of her exile by vowing to return, even as she faces a death sentence at home. NPR News reports she fled by helicopter in 2024 after weeks of protests that the United Nations says left nearly fourteen hundred people dead.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/05/g-s1-137523/ousted-banglad...

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