Banglasdesh bars ex-leader from returning home

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was blocked today from boarding a flight home from London after the military-backed government barred her from returning.

Hasina had vowed to return to fight murder and corruption charges after the country’s military-backed interim government moved last week to force her and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia – who have dominated Bangladeshi politics for the past 15 years – into exile.