Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

December 1, 2025

MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trial

What led to Bangladesh trial of Tulip Siddiq in her absence?

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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