Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, had her diplomatic passport revoked by the interim government on Thursday. Earlier in the month, she had taken a helicopter to India to escape a student-led uprising.
The decision to revoke Hasina’s documents puts the former leader in possible legal jeopardy and coincides with the arrival in Dhaka of a United Nations team to determine whether to look into allegations of human rights violations.
Over 450 people lost their lives in the weeks preceding Hasina’s overthrow when demonstrators overran her official Dhaka residence, ending her harsh 15-year rule. Many of these deaths were caused by police gunfire. According to Dhaka’s home ministry statement, “all members of the dissolved national assembly, the former prime minister, her advisors, the former cabinet, and themselves were eligible for diplomatic passports by virtue of their positions.
“Their diplomatic passports, as well as the passports of their spouses, must be cancelled if they have been removed from office or retired.
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