No passport to bring Hasina back: Humaiun
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State Minister of Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir said again on Monday no passport will be issued to bring back ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Speaking to reporters during a briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he added, “Not by issuing a passport, Hasina will return under the extradition treaty.”
The state minister emphasized that no passport will be issued to bring back Hasina, who fled after killing 1,500 people.
International news agency Reuters reported that Hasina, who took refuge in India in July mass uprising 2024, applied for a passport and NID on Monday, after declaring her decision to return to the country. She submitted this application through the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi.
Her legal defense team at London-based Matrix Chambers sent a letter to Preeti Rahman, the acting high commissioner at Bangladesh’s embassy in Delhi, saying, “In view of the reported revocation of her existing Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card (NID) by the Interim Government and other authorities, I respectfully request that you take the necessary steps to issue a new Bangladeshi passport and National Identity Card for our client.”
The government has been repeatedly requesting the Indian government to send back Hasina, who was sentenced to death on charges of crimes against humanity and killings during the July uprising.
Diplomatic letters were sent several times during the tenure of the interim government and during the BNP-led government as well. However, the Indian government did not respond to them.
