Hasina: From demokratikämpe to the autocratic

"Hasina: From demokratikämpe to the all-powerful"

"the Followers describe her as humanity's mother. Critics paints her as an increasingly authoritarian despot."

"it is Clear that the återvalda prime minister Sheikh Hasina made a clear impression in the Bangladesh history."

"After a landslide victory for the ruling Awamiförbundet, who won 288 of the 300 seats in parliament in Sunday's elections, there will be a further term for the Hasina – the third in a row since she came to power for the second time in 2008."

"the 71-year-old is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's first leader after independence from Pakistan in 1971. Hasina was abroad when his father in 1975, murdered by a group of officers."

"in 1981, she returned from exile to take over leadership of the Awamiförbundet and begin a long struggle to re-establish democracy. Together with the Bangladesh nationalists (GDP), she managed to contribute to the army chief Muhammad Ershad, is finally forced away from power in 1990."

"After a turbulent time, with recurring protests and strikes won Awamiförbundet in the 1996 elections. This was Hasina for the first time become prime minister. The chaotic state of the country continued, however, and Zia returned to power in 2001."

"at the same time escalated the political violence up even more, and in 2007 was jailed both Zia and Hasina on charges of corruption of a transitional government taking power in kuppartade forms. After several tours, released the two, and in the 2008 election could Hasina to return to power after a video: tough reforms ahead. Since then she has ruled in the country."

"During that time, the annual growth rate remained at over six per cent and Bangladesh is now on the way to change status from an underdeveloped country to a middle-income country. The proportion of the population living in poverty has fallen to around 20 per cent and almost 90 per cent of the 165 million inhabitants now have access to electricity."

"Hasinas supporters hailing her as a"

"During her reign has also trials held against people within the influential islamist opposition movement for crimes committed during the war of independence. Five high-ranking islamistledare and another opposition politician has been sentenced to death and executed."

"Hasinas opponents believe, however, that the processes have been politically motivated and aimed to silence the opposition, and instead to heal the wounds from the war, the trials led to deadly clashes and mass protests."

"After the 2014 elections, boycotted by the opposition, could Awamiförbundet connect an even harder grip on power. Before this year's election was Hasinas rival Zia utmanövrerad, since she has been sentenced to two prison sentences on charges of corruption."

"She has crushed the opposition and created a political system in Bangladesh, which is dominated by a party," says Ataur Rahman, statsvetarprofessor at Dhaka University, to the AFP news agency."