‘She will never come back’, chief prosecutor calls Hasina’s passport request ‘political stunt’
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International Crimes Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam has described Sheikh Hasina’s request for a passport as a ‘political stunt’. Hasina has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
He made the remark in reply to a question from journalists at his office today (Monday).
The chief prosecutor said, ‘She (Sheikh Hasina) will never come back. She is not taking any steps through the legal process required for her to return. She is misleading people.’
On 17 November 2025, International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death for crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising of July–August 2024. In that verdict of the three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, an accused in the case who turned ‘approver’, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
In this historic verdict, along with orders to confiscate the property of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, an order was also given to pay proper compensation to the families of the martyrs and the injured.
Sheikh Hasina fled the country to India on 5 August 2024 in the face of the student-led mass uprising.
Background
According to a bdnews24.com report on 23 November 2025, after the verdict the foreign ministry sent a letter to India seeking the return of Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal; a similar letter had been sent earlier, in December 2024.
According to a Jugantor report on 16 August, India’s courts will decide on Sheikh Hasina’s extradition; an Indian official told The Indian Express that Sheikh Hasina herself had spoken of plans to return to Bangladesh in December this year.
Sources
Background sources: bdnews24.com, 23 November 2025; Jugantor, 16 August 2026
