She faces the possibility of being hanged, but Sheikh Hasina says she will return to Bangladesh, where she would rather die than remain abroad. Forced to resign and flee in 2024 following mass protests, she has since been living in India, which has refused Bangladesh's extradition request. Hasina says she plans to return in December. So, what would her return mean for Bangladesh's political future?

In this episode:

• Shahab Enam Khan, Professor of International Relations at Jahangirnagar University
• Sanjay Kumar Bhardwaj, Professor at the Centre for South Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, specialising in India-Bangladesh relations
• Taqbir Huda, Human rights lawyer and Clarendon Scholar at the University of Oxford

Host: James Bays

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