"Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is surprised and shocked that fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been allowed to make a public address in neighbouring India, where she fled in 2024. Allowing the event to take place in the Indian capital and letting mass murderer Hasina openly deliver her hate speech constitute a clear affront to the people and the Government of Bangladesh, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday about the address Hasina's first since she was ousted."
"Hasina, 78, has lived in exile in India since August 2024 when a student-led uprising ended her 15-year rule, which was marked by allegations of widespread rights violations, including attacks, imprisonment and targeted killings of opposition figures, dissenters and critics. She was sentenced to death in absentia by a Dhaka court in November for incitement, issuing an order to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities during her government's crackdown on the 2024 uprising, in which more than 1,400 people were killed."
"In an audio address played on Friday to a packed Foreign Correspondents' Club in New Delhi, Hasina accused Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh's interim government, of being a murderous fascist and said Bangladesh would never experience free and fair elections under him. The Foreign Ministry's statement said Hasina openly called for the removal of the interim government and issued blatant incitements to her party loyalists and the general public to carry out acts of terror to derail the upcoming election."
Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was surprised and shocked that fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was allowed to make a public address in India, where she fled in 2024. The ministry called the event and Hasina's 'hate speech' a clear affront to the people and government. Hasina went into exile after a student-led uprising ended her 15-year rule amid allegations of rights violations. A Dhaka court sentenced her to death in absentia for incitement and failing to prevent atrocities during the 2024 crackdown. In an audio address in New Delhi she accused interim leader Muhammad Yunus of being a murderous fascist and urged removal of the interim government. The Awami League is banned from the February 12 election.
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