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"A Bangladesh court has sentenced Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison after finding her guilty of corruption over a government land project. Dhaka's Special Judge's Court found Ms Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to help her mother acquire a piece of land in the suburbs of the Bangladeshi capital. Ms Siddiq's mother, Sheikh Rehana, was given seven years in prison, while Ms Hasina was sentenced to five years in prison."
"All were tried in absentia, and the MP for Hampstead and Highgate, who denied the allegations, is unlikely to serve the sentence as the UK does not have an extradition treaty with Bangladesh. Ms Siddiq faces a number of cases in Bangladesh, which prompted her to resign as Keir Starmer's anti-corruption minister in January this year. Last week, she was handed a combined 21-year prison sentence in other corruption"
Coverage spans reproductive rights, climate change, Big Tech, investigations into Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC, and the documentary 'The A Word' about American women fighting for reproductive rights. Donations fund journalists on the ground and preserve free access to reporting without paywalls, supported by those who can afford it. A Bangladesh court sentenced Labour MP Tulip Siddiq to two years for corruptly influencing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to help her mother acquire land. Sheikh Rehana received seven years and Ms Hasina five; all were tried in absentia. Extradition from the UK is unlikely, and Ms Siddiq had resigned amid multiple Bangladeshi cases.
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