Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina to ‘seek asylum in UK’ despite calls for probe into her protest crackdown

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Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina to ‘seek asylum in ***’ despite calls for probe into her protest crackdown

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’s former prime minister

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is reportedly awaiting confirmation from the

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on her request for political asylum after being

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due to widespread *********.

Mr Hasina, 76, arrived in neighbouring

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on Monday, moments before ****** protesters stormed into her residence demanding her resignation after more than

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Anger mounted against the Hasina government after protests against a

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by government forces, ******** more than 400 people.

After landing in India’s northeastern city of Agartala, Ms Hasina arrived in New Delhi with her sister and requested asylum from the British government, according to CNN-News18.

However, Ms Hasina has been forced to extend her stay in New Delhi as she has received no confirmation from the *** yet, sources told the broadcaster.

Ms Hasina is accompanied by her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, who holds British citizenship. Ms Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddiq is a member of the British parliament for the Labor Party.

The embattled leader’s request from the *** is in limbo as British foreign secretary David Lammy has called for a

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-led investigation into the

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Bangladesh.

Mr Lammy said in a statement the *** and Bangladesh have “deep people-to-people links and shared Commonwealth values”.

“All sides now need to work together to end the *********, restore calm, de-escalate the situation and prevent any further loss of life.

“The people of Bangladesh deserve a full and independent UN-led investigation into the events of the past few weeks.”

He described ********* in Bangladesh as “unprecedented” as he set out the ***’s ambition for Bangladesh to reach a “peaceful and democratic future”.

The *** and the Indian government have given no official statements on the developments.

The protest over the quota system, which reserved a third of civil service jobs for descendants of veterans of the country’s 1971 independence war with Pakistan, was the sternest challenge to her 15 years in power.

The protests that began in late June turned deadly after her government issued

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imposed frequent communication blackouts and curfews across the country as students hit the streets.

Most of the quota was

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in favour of students but protests continued as people demanded accountability for the deaths of those *******.

On Monday, 135 more people were ******* across Bangladesh in incidents of police *******, clashes and arson as hundreds of thousands participated in the march called to Dhaka by protest leaders, reported the Dhaka Tribune.

Widespread incidents of looting, vandalism and arson were reported in parts of the country along with reports of escalated attacks on Hindu minorities.

The US government commended Bangladesh’s Army for its “restraint” and called for an interim government that is democratic.

“The ******* States has long called for respecting democratic rights in Bangladesh, and we urge that the interim government formation be democratic and inclusive. We commend the Army for the restraint they have showed today,” a White House spokesperson said on Monday.

The EU also urged an “orderly and peaceful transition” towards a new democratically elected government in the country.

Ms Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her allies have said she would not return to politics.

“She’s in her late 70s. She is so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a ********* to rise up against her, I think she’s done,” her son told BBC.

Ms Hasina is known as the “iron lady” of Bangladesh who has spent a total of 20 years in office after first coming to power in 1996.

This is the second time she has been forced into exile in her life. She first went into exile after her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the freedom fighter who founded Bangladesh, was assassinated along with her mother and three brothers in 1975.

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