After Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP and niece of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was handed another prison term in Bangladesh, her party has come out and condemned the process as unjust and unfair, deeming the verdict ‘unfair’ due to tsi
On Monday, British MP Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined Tk200,000, with a further one-year jail term in default in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over alleged irregularities in plot allocation under the Purbachal New Town project.
Tulip had earlier received a two-year sentence in another case, bringing her total sentence across three cases to six years.
The court also handed deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina a further 10-year prison term in two cases, raising her total sentence to 36 years across six cases.
All defendants, tried in absentia, have rejected the allegations.
According to the BBC, a Labour Party spokesperson reacted to the verdict, stating: “Tulip Siddiq has not had access to a fair legal process in this case and has never been informed of the details of the charges against her.”
“This is despite repeated requests made to the Bangladeshi authorities through her legal team.”
“Anyone facing any charge should always be afforded the right to make legal representations when allegations are made against them. Given that has not happened in this case, we cannot recognise this judgment. This latest four-year sentence adds to a two-year term Siddiq received last year for similar charges,”
In December 2025, she was convicted for allegedly persuading her aunt to use “her special power” to obtain a piece of land near Dhaka.
The MP for Hampstead and Highgate called the proceedings “flawed and farcical from beginning to the end”.
“I’m absolutely baffled by the whole thing – I’ve still had no contact whatsoever from the Bangladeshi authorities despite them spreading malicious allegations about me for a year-and-a-half now,” Siddiq said.
Siddiq resigned as Treasury minister in the UK in January 2025 after scrutiny over her ties to her aunt, including her use of London properties connected to her aunt’s associates.
The prime minister’s ethics adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, said he found “no evidence of wrongdoing” but noted it was “unfortunate” that Siddiq had not been more aware of the “possible reputational damage” from the association.
In her resignation letter, Siddiq wrote that she had “acted with complete transparency” but would step down to prevent becoming “a distraction” for the government.
Legal actions against Hasina and her family members began after she was removed from power in Bangladesh.
Hasina, who had governed for 15 years, escaped to India in August 2024 amid widespread public protests.
Last year, she received a death sentence for crimes against humanity related to suppressing student demonstrations.
Hasina dismissed the trial as “biased and politically motivated”.
