Why India likely won’t return Hasina to face Bangladesh death penalty

Bangladesh protesters applaud death penalty for former PM Sheikh Hasina, convicted on charges of crimes against humanity. But she is far from the gallows, in India.

New Delhi, India – Shima Akhter, 24, was in the middle of football practice when her friend stopped the session to break some news for her: Sheikh Hasina, the fugitive former prime minister of Bangladesh, had been sentenced to death.

To the University of Dhaka student, it felt like a moment of vindication.