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UK Government issued Statement about Bangladesh

UK deeply concerned about Bangladesh

by Tanvir Anjum Arif

July 18, 2024

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UK Government issued Statement about Bangladesh

Following the escalating violence during the student protests about quota reforms in Bangladesh in July, Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), gave a statement.

Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, said: The UK Government is deeply concerned by the violent clashes during ongoing student protests in Bangladesh. The UK supports fundamental freedoms and respect for human rights, including the right to protest and peaceful assembly. We call on all sides to find a peaceful resolution and urge an end to the violence.

Notably, Bangladeshi students have set fire to the state broadcaster’s building a day after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, appeared on the network, seeking to calm escalating clashes that had killed at least 32 people.

Hundreds of protesters demanding reform of civil service hiring rules clashed with riot police who had shot at them with rubber bullets on Thursday, chasing the retreating officers to BTV’s headquarters in the capital, Dhaka.

The incensed crowd then set ablaze the network’s reception building, with dozens of vehicles parked outside, a BTV official told AFP.eeply coent clashes duringorts fundamental freedght to protest and peaceful assembly. We calllll allto the violence.

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