Key FactsBangladesh rejects Hasina’s request for new identity documents
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  • In the letter, her lawyers cited reports that her existing passport and identity card had been revoked and invoked rights under Bangladeshi and international law.

  • State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir called Hasina a fugitive criminal and said Bangladesh wanted her handed over under its extradition treaty with India.

  • Hasina says she plans to return in December and surrender to a court; her aides said the date would be announced once formalities were complete.

  • A war-crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced her to death in absentia in November 2025 for ordering a deadly crackdown on the uprising; Hasina denies the charges.
  • “To me she is a criminal. A criminal convicted by our tribunal. To us this is her identity.”— Bangladesh’s Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman speaking about ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina; according to the article, he made the remarks to journalists in Dhaka.
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