As #Bangladesh PM Hasina’s principal backer, India faces a stark choice as the current crisis escalates. Will New Delhi continue to back Hasina at the risk of alienating those protesting her rule? How will #India respond if Hasina moves even closer to Beijing?
“Whatever happens to the Awami League now, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s time as the autocrat-in-chief is up,” writes Netra News. “There is no way for Hasina to escape responsibility for the death and destruction that’s brought Bangladesh to a standstill.”https://t.co/zOJ8YGk96v
BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 : The Government must immediately overturn the curfew with a ‘shoot on sight’ order that grants excessive powers to the security forces.
The curfew must be urgently lifted, and all the people detained or arrested solely for exercising their right to protest peacefully should be immediately and unconditionally released.
The authorities are obligated under international law to always exercise restraint and use no more force than is strictly necessary, proportionate and lawful in response to any escalation they may face. #SaveBangaldeshiStudents #ProtectTheProtest
BANGLADESH 🇧🇩: The rising death toll is a shocking indictment of the absolute intolerance shown by the Bangladeshi authorities to protest and dissent. The unlawful force used against protesters shows a callous disregard for the right to life and an abject failure by law enforcement officials to uphold their obligations under domestic and international human rights law.
The law enforcement agencies must immediately end their unlawful use of lethal force against protesters and ensure that the right of people to peaceful assembly is guaranteed in law and practice. #ProtectTheProtest #SaveBangladeshiStudents
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For those of us that have followed #Bangladesh and the #BrutalRegime of #SheikhHasina and #AwamiLeague the last few days is truly tragic but entirely predictable. The #InternationalCommunity has allowed this to happen. Who will now answer for it and where? It is now time @KarimKhanQC@IntlCrimCourt to act and stop this from becoming another statistic of brutality. This, unlike others, can be and should be stopped.