Bangladesh challenges ousted PM Hasina over return pledge

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Bangladesh is challenging former prime minister Sheikh Hasina over her pledge to return in December. Hasina was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity connected to the 2024 crackdown on protesters that followed a mass uprising against her rule.

Hasina, whose 15-year rule was ended by a mass uprising she tried to crush, has vowed to return in December to Bangladesh, where she was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over the 2024 crackdown on protesters.