In a significant development, Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested a new passport and identity card to return from her two-year self-imposed exile in India. The former leader plans to surrender before a court in Bangladesh and has indicated that she intends to return in December. However, the Bangladeshi government is currently reviewing the legality of her request under an extradition treaty with India. Hasina's potential return could rekindle political and legal issues in the country, as she still enjoys support from parts of the population. She was ousted following a popular protest movement that erupted after the Supreme Court restored a job quota system favoring descendants of the country's liberation activists. The UN estimates suggest that up to 1,400 people were killed in the ensuing violence, for which Hasina has been sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh's war crimes court last November.