Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty
Bangladesh protesters applaud death penalty for former PM. But she is far from the gallows, in India.
![A mural of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was vandalised as students demanded her resignation at the University of Dhaka on August 3, 2024 [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-17T010309Z_541395364_RC2C89AYTHNJ_RTRMADP_3_BANGLADESH-POLITICS-HASINA_cropped-1763391578.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Reverend Jeff Hood speaks at a protest against the death penalty on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, the US [Kim Chandler/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AP25295849968731-1761277800.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Police stand in front of Iran's judiciary building in Tehran, on January 18, 2025 [West Asia News Agency via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-01-18T130850Z_20573977_RC2ACCAJQTZM_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-JUDGES-ASSASSINATION-1746019600.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Advertisement
Content Feed
Iran executes man it says spied for Israel, activists say false confession
Iranian judiciary’s news outlet Mizan reports that Babak Shahbazi relayed sensitive information about security.
EXPLAINER
Charlie Kirk shooting: Tyler Robinson’s messages and charges against him
Utah prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for Robinson.
North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report
Mass surveillance tech has enabled world’s most restrictive state to exert ‘control in all parts of life’, report says.
EXPLAINER
Charlie Kirk shooting suspect identified as Tyler Robinson, 22: All we know
Utah Governor Spencer Cox and FBI Director Kash Patel reveal details of the alleged gunman at a briefing.
Donald Trump promises death penalty for murder cases in Washington, DC
The Republican leader had pledged to ‘restore’ the death penalty upon returning to the White House for a second term.
Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator
Black’s US lawyers raised concerns that his heart implant could shock him back to life, leading to undue suffering.
US court says man with defibrillator can be executed despite concerns
Tennessee’s Supreme Court says Byron Black’s execution can proceed over worries a medical device may prolong his death.
Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to Idaho murders to avoid death penalty
The doctoral student has admitted to breaking into the rental home and killing four University of Idaho students.
Japan executes by hanging ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered 9
Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he hid in his small apartment.
Vietnam ends death penalty for crimes against the state, bribery, drugs
The death sentence has been removed from eight criminal offences and replaced with life imprisonment for offenders.
