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Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina appeals for a new passport to return from exile

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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport on Monday, November 9, 2026, to return from exile two years after being ousted in a mass uprising. Abu Obaidha Arin, an aide to Ms. Hasina, stated that she is determined to reclaim her rights as a Bangladeshi citizen and return home by December despite the government’s refusal to acknowledge her need for new identification documents. The Bangladesh government seeks her extradition from India under an active treaty, but India has declined to hand her over.
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport on November 9, 2026, from her exile in India, aiming to return home by December. Her request comes more than two years after she was ousted during a deadly uprising that ended her long rule and raises potential political and legal tensions. The current government has been seeking her extradition from India and had dismissed earlier suggestions about needing new identification documents for her return. Hasina’s aides have stated that the specific date of her return would be announced once formalities are completed, as she plans to surrender before a court in Bangladesh. She faces a death sentence in absentia from Bangladesh's war crimes court, charged with ordering a crackdown during the uprising that may have killed up to 1,400 people according to UN estimates.

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Hasina PERSON · 10× Bangladesh GPE · 8× India GPE · 5× Bangladeshi NORP · 2× The Associated Press ORG · 2× Abu Obaidha Arin PERSON · 1× Dhaka GPE · 1× Her Excellency PERSON · 1× Humaiun Kobir PERSON · 1× Sheikh Hasina PERSON · 1×

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Having had her documents revoked by the previous regime, Her Excellency looks forward to reclaiming her fundamental rights as a Bangladeshi citizen and receiving the necessary documents,” Abu Obaidha Arin, an aide to Ms.. Hasina, told the AP.
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Ms. Hasina told The Associated Press in an interview this month that she would return to Bangladesh in December at any cost.
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Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested a new passport on Monday (November 9, 2026) to facilitate her return from exile two years after she was ousted in a mass uprising. asserted
she → request → uprising
The government has been seeking her extradition from India and earlier dismissed suggestions she needed new identification documents to return home. asserted
she → seek → documents
Ms. Hasina told The Associated Press in an interview this month that she would return to Bangladesh in December at any cost. asserted
she → tell → cost
In a letter seen by The Associated Press that was emailed to Bangladesh's top diplomat in London, a counsel of Ms. Hasina urged the diplomat to take necessary action to provide her a passport and national identity card. asserted
counsel → see → passport
Having had her documents revoked by the previous regime, Her Excellency looks forward to reclaiming her fundamental rights as a Bangladeshi citizen and receiving the necessary documents,” Abu Obaidha Arin, an aide to Ms.. Hasina, told the AP. asserted
Arin → have → AP
“She is determined to return to Bangladesh by December, and she will undoubtedly return home,” he said. asserted
he → return → December
It was not immediately possible to obtain comment from the Bangladesh government. asserted
It → obtain → government
On Thursday (November 5, 2026), Junior Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir said Bangladesh wants Ms. Hasina to be handed over under an extradition treaty with India. asserted
Hasina → say → India
India has declined to hand her over. asserted
India → decline → her
“We want Hasina to be handed over. asserted
Hasina → want → ?
She will be handed over. asserted
She → hand → ?
There is an active extradition treaty between Bangladesh and India,” he told reporters in Dhaka. asserted
he → be → Dhaka
Bangladesh's military sent Ms. Hasina to India after student-led protests forced her from power on Aug. 5, 2024. asserted
protests → send → Aug.
A special tribunal in 2025 sentenced her to death for crimes against humanity, ruling that she was responsible for ordering the crackdown, which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of others injured. asserted
which → sentence → others
The United Nations has said nearly 1,400 people were killed. asserted
people → say → ?
Ms. Hasina denies any wrongdoing. asserted
Hasina → deny → wrongdoing
She also has rejected the tribunal’s verdict and challenged the legitimacy of the trial. asserted
She → reject → trial
An interim government led Bangladesh after Ms. Hasina's ouster and held an election in February that Hasina’s Awami League party was barred from contesting. asserted
party → lead → February
Tarique Rahman, the son of a longtime archrival of Ms. Hasina, came to power in a landslide. asserted
Rahman → come → landslide
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