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Sheikh Hasina asks Bangladesh for new passport and ID card
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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly left-leaning (75%).
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Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, has applied to the government for a new passport and national identity card, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera and the Guardian report, and Breitbart says the request came on Monday. The Guardian, citing exiled members of her party, reports she is confident of returning to Bangladesh in December. Hasina fled to India in 2024 after a mass uprising ended her 15 years in power. The Guardian reports that a Bangladeshi tribunal sentenced her to death in absentia last year over a crackdown on student protests, a sentence she would face on return. The Guardian adds that her party, the Awami League, remains banned.
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Hasina has applied to Bangladesh’s government for a new passport.
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- The Guardian, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English
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- Breitbart News
Hasina reportedly plans to return to Bangladesh in December, according to her exiled party members.
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- The Guardian, Al Jazeera English
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- Breitbart News
Hasina fled to India after a mass uprising ended her 15 years in power.
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- The Guardian, Bloomberg
A Bangladeshi tribunal sentenced Hasina to death in absentia over her crackdown on student protests.
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Her party, the Awami League, remains banned in Bangladesh.
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All sides present report that Hasina has applied for a new passport and plans to return to Bangladesh in December. Left outlets frame the request as a step toward her return, with the Guardian adding her death sentence and calling her disgraced, while Breitbart frames her as ousted and seeking return from exile.
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Left-side headlines center the passport request as a step toward Hasina’s return, and the Guardian’s headline adds the word disgraced to her title.
Hasina Seeks Bangladesh Passport in Step Toward Returning Home
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Breitbart, the only Far Right outlet in this input, presents Hasina as ousted and seeking return from exile, leading with the passport request and December plans.
Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Seeks Return from Exile
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disgracedMore neutral: former prime minister
The word passes judgement on Hasina before any court ruling on her return, when a neutral title is available.
…to Bangladesh in December, according to exiled members of her party, after the disgraced former prime minister of Bangladesh applied for a fresh passport this week.
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- Passport request as a step toward return
- December return plan
- Confidence of exiled party members
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Bangladesh prosecutor warns Hasina faces execution if she returns
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal has said ousted PM Sheikh Hasina will be executed if she returns home.
- The GuardianLeft
Loaded modifier“Disgraced”The word passes judgement on Hasina before any court ruling on her return, when a neutral title is available.More neutral: Former prime ministerDisagree with this highlight? former leader Sheikh Hasina plans return to Bangladesh after two years in exile
Hasina fled to India in 2024 after mass uprising. She faces death penalty upon return Sheikh Hasina is “confident” she will return to Bangladesh in December, according to exiled members of her party, after the Loaded modifier“disgraced”The word passes judgement on Hasina before any court ruling on her return, when a neutral title is available.More neutral: former prime ministerDisagree with this highlight? former prime minister of Bangladesh applied for a fresh …
- BloombergLeft
Hasina Seeks Bangladesh Passport in Step Toward Returning Home
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted former prime minister, has asked the government to issue her a new passport and national identity card, a move that could facilitate her return more than two years after she fled to India following a mass uprising.
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From the right
1 outletLeads with
- Return from exile
- Passport request on Monday
- December return
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- Breitbart NewsFar Right
Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Seeks Return from Exile
Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, formally requested a new passport on Monday, with an eye toward returning from two years of political exile in December.
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Al Jazeera English, Nov 9, 2:12 AM EST
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13 hr 40 min later
Its first report, Nov 9, 3:52 PM EST
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- Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 9, 2:12 AM EST
- BloombergLeftNov 9, 4:30 AM EST
- Breitbart NewsFar RightNov 9, 3:52 PM EST
- The GuardianLeftNov 10, 4:01 AM EST
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