“I may be detained, I may be sent to prison. But fear cannot decide my duty to the people,” she says.

Her voice is that of a frail, elderly woman, but ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina still has the power to incite from exile, vowing to return home despite facing the gallows.

The decision of the 78-year-old ousted leader comes despite her facing the death penalty in Bangladesh.

A special tribunal last year sentenced the former prime minister to death in absentia