Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has exhausted all legal options to challenge her death sentence and now faces execution, the country's chief war-crimes prosecutor Aminul Islam has said.
Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal in November 2025 for crimes against humanity over the crackdown on the student-led uprising in 2024, which killed as many as 1,400 people, according to the United Nations.
Islam said Hasina had 30 days to appeal against the verdict but failed to file a challenge while remaining in India, where she fled after being ousted in August 2024 following 15 years in power.
“With the appeal window closed and no other remedy left, execution is the only option remaining under the law,” Islam told reporters in Dhaka.
The prosecutor also said that if Hasina genuinely wanted to return to Bangladesh, she should submit a written request to the Indian government seeking her extradition under the two countries' extradition treaty.
Hasina has reportedly sought a new Bangladeshi passport and national identity card to facilitate her planned return in December. She has denied wrongdoing and said she intends to return and surrender before a court.
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