November 28, 2024
A Bangladeshi court has ordered an arrest warrant for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, 77, who fled to India in August after she was ousted by mass protests.
The former Prime Minister has not been seen in public since fleeing Bangladesh with her last official whereabouts is a military airbase near India’s capital Delhi.
She was initially expected to stay in India for a short time, but reports say her attempts to seek asylum elsewhere have been unsuccessful so far.
Maleeka Bokhari has written a thought leadership piece on the requested extradition of the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, from India back to Bangladesh. She comments on the exceptions in Article 8 of the Treaty:
“..an extradition request can be denied if it has ‘not been made in good faith’ and is not ‘in the interests of justice’. India may, in view of Hasina’s close family and personal ties to the country, exercise the exceptions in Article 8, but this will come at a cost of perhaps alienating the non-Awami league government and the people of Bangladesh.”
Read full piece here:[Solicitors Journal ]
Having trained as a barrister in England, Maleeka has had an illustrious political career in Pakistan working on high-profile cases as legal counsel and in corporate and commercial private practice. She is currently a Probationary Tenant in Chambers specialising in crime, international law and human rights.