Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 2517

Bangladesh: Demonstrations

Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024

Question

Apsana Begum

LabourPoplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the (a) arrests and (b) detention of (i) student leaders and (ii) protest participa

Answer

Catherine West
The Foreign Secretary and I have raised concerns publicly and privately about the recent unprecedented levels of violence, and tragic loss of life in Bangladesh. In July, I spoke to the Bangladesh High Commissioner to reiterate our concerns about the even...

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