New Delhi: A court which had its remit changed through an ordinance last year, questions over judicial appointments to the International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh (ICT-B), a defence lawyer that did not try to speak to his client, and potential conflict of interests have all muddied the extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India.

Hasina was sentenced to death by the ICT-B Monday for “crimes against humanity” during her regime’s attempt last year to suppress student demonstrations between the months of June and August. The former PM of Bangladesh fled Dhaka for New Delhi on 5 August, 2024, and has since remained in India. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, home minister of Bangladesh in Hasina’s regime, was also sentenced to death by the ICT-B.

The Bangladesh interim government l

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