{"id":169560,"date":"2025-02-21T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=169560"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T07:37:03","slug":"shielding-criminals-india-shelters-sheikh-hasina-despite-corruption-scandals-and-hr-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/02\/21\/shielding-criminals-india-shelters-sheikh-hasina-despite-corruption-scandals-and-hr-violations.html","title":{"rendered":"Shielding criminals: India shelters Sheikh Hasina despite corruption scandals and HR violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169561\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/hasena-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Islamabad: India is facing mounting criticism for providing sanctuary to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, despite her involvement in major corruption and human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, a recent UK report has revealed that Hasina&#8217;s family is involved in a billion-dollar corruption scandal. Her niece, UK Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, benefitted from lavish properties funded by associates of Hasina&#8217;s regime. Investigations show that $16 billion was illegally siphoned from Bangladesh each year during Hasina&#8217;s 15-year rule, including more than $5 billion embezzled from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project. Tulip Siddiq stepped down from her ministerial position amid intensifying investigations.<\/p>\n<p>This scandal not only unveils the depth of corruption that plagued Hasina&#8217;s authoritarian rule but also raises pressing questions about India&#8217;s role in shielding those responsible, thereby betraying the trust of the Bangladeshi people.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of Hasina\u2019s ousting following a popular uprising in 2024, India provided sanctuary to an individual accused of monumental corruption and human rights violations. Despite Bangladesh&#8217;s interim government formally requesting Hasina&#8217;s extradition after her overthrow, India has declined to repatriate the former prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that India\u2019s act of harboring a fugitive not only undermines international legal norms but also signifies a blatant disregard for the aspirations and justice sought by the Bangladeshi people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia&#8217;s protection of Hasina and her cohorts is a direct affront to the victims of her regime&#8217;s oppressive policies and casts a shadow over India&#8217;s commitment to regional stability and justice\u201d, they contend, adding, \u201cBy offering refuge to individuals implicated in severe corruption, India perpetuates the suffering of the Bangladeshi populace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Calls are growing for the international community to hold enablers like India accountable, ensuring that justice prevails and that the sovereignty and dignity of nations are upheld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: India is facing mounting criticism for providing sanctuary to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, despite her involvement in major corruption and human rights violations. According to Kashmir Media Service, a recent UK report has revealed that Hasina&#8217;s family is involved in a billion-dollar corruption scandal. Her niece, UK Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, benefitted &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":169561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/hasena-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169562,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169560\/revisions\/169562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}