Overview
- On Thursday, July 30, Bangladesh Law Minister M Asaduzzaman warned that Hasina would likely be detained immediately on arrival rather than allowed to surrender to a court.
- Hasina, who fled to India after her government was toppled in August 2024, has publicly said she intends to return by December despite fearing arrest or worse.
- New Delhi has told a parliamentary committee that Bangladesh’s extradition request is being examined by competent authorities and that Hasina is not allowed to conduct political activity from Indian territory.
- Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal in November 2025 and human rights bodies have criticised the trial for procedural flaws, rushed changes to the court’s mandate and possible conflicts of interest that undermined fair-trial safeguards.
- Her return would test Bangladesh’s ability to enforce the sentence without provoking street unrest, raise fresh diplomatic strain with India, and make the pace and outcome of India’s extradition review the immediate developments to watch.