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Press Release from Nirj Deva DL MEP |
11th May
2004 |
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MEPs
Condemn Human Rights Abuses and Politically Motivated Killings in
Bangladesh |
UK
Conservative MEPs Nirj Deva (Spokesman on Overseas Development),
Charles Tannock (Spokesman on Foreign Affairs) and Geoffrey Van
Orden (Spokesman on Defence and Human Rights) have condemned the
murder of a leading Bangladeshi opposition politician, Ahsanullah
Master, who was gunned down on Friday at a public conference in
Tongi (Bangladesh).
The murder of Mr Master is just the latest incident in a series of
violent acts and human rights abuses recently reported from
Bangladesh. Others include arbitrary mass arrests and detention of
government opponents, torture and deaths in custody, excessive use
of force leading at times to extrajudicial executions, attacks
against members of minority groups and acts of violence against
women.
UK Conservative MEPs Deva, Tannock and Van Orden therefore call upon
the Bangladeshi government to urgently address factors which
contribute to human rights violations, such as impunity and corrupt
practices in law enforcement, and to establish an independent and
impartial national human rights commission.
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