The octogenarian challenging Bangladesh's 'autocrat' Hasina

For Kamal Hossain -- the Oxford-educated architect of Bangladesh's constitution -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is an autocrat who has betrayed the legacy of her independence hero father. The 82-year-old former friend of Bangladesh's first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman heads an alliance opposing Hasina's bid for a historic fourth term in a general election Sunday. Hossain accuses Hasina's Awami League party of trampling over Bangladesh's hard-won democratic freedoms by locking up and attacking opposition activists in a bid to rig the poll.

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