A Bangladesh court on Thursday ordered the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice for the arrest of United Kingdom Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country’s news agency has reported.
Earlier this month the same court sentenced Siddiq to four years in prison for allegedly influencing her aunt to secure plots of land for her siblings. Reached for comment on that ruling, a spokesperson for the U.K. Labour Party of which Siddiq is a member, said in an emailed statement to OCCRP that the party “cannot recognize this judgment.”
The spokesperson said Siddiq “has not had access to a fair legal process in this case and has never been informed of the details of the charges against her, despite repeated requests made to the Bangladeshi authorities through her legal team.”
The Thursday court ruling is the latest in a series of legal actions against Hasina and her circle since a student-led uprising in July 2024 ended her 15-year rule. She has been living in India since fleeing Bangladesh in August 2024.
