Key Facts

• The UN Human Rights Office estimated in February 2025 that up to 1,400 people may have been killed during the July-August 2024 uprising, with thousands more injured.
• The UN report described systematic repression and said its findings warranted further investigation into possible crimes against humanity; it did not issue a criminal verdict.
• Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal found Hasina guilty in November 2025 and sentenced her to death in absentia.
• Hasina has described the trial as politically motivated.
• Bangladesh has requested Hasina’s extradition from India, where she remains.
• In January 2026, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry accused Hasina of inciting violence to disrupt forthcoming elections after she addressed a public event in New Delhi.
• The India-Bangladesh extradition treaty excludes murder, incitement to murder and related offences from its political-offence exception, while retaining other grounds and safeguards for refusing extradition.