Bangladeshi people must be able to exercise their fundamental human rights â including the right to protest.
I stand in solidarity with Bangladeshi people facing repression.
I hosted a panel discussion in Parliament this week on alarming violence in #Bangladesh that began with brutality towards students protesting corrupt public appointments but since widened to a broader movement for democracy
Communications blackouts have added to climate of fear
Most of the victims were shot in the head. Hasina deployed snipers to manage the protest. Here is one victim who sustained a headshot. https://t.co/GhCY0btv3s
Nazmul, a student and part-time health worker at a private hospital in Dhaka, was on his way to work when BGB shot him to death without provocation, in front of his mother.
Housewife Simu was at home. After putting her child to sleep, she went to the balcony and was shot. A significant number of children and women were shot inside their homes, illustrating how indiscriminately Hasina's armed forces fired bullets, killing people and enjoying impunity.