This is a shameful event for humanity. Those who are directly responsible for genocide should have been brought before an international court of justice rather than being given a platform to address the global media.
Hello @Reuters — since when did ‘exiled political leader’ become the accepted euphemism for a ruler who fled her own country amid mass killings of protesters? This framing is misleading, and your editors should be held to account for it.
Sheikh Hasina is not in exile. Exile implies she was forced out by a hostile power. She infact escaped — fleeing Bangladesh by military aircraft to save herself from the fury of the very people she governed with iron fist, after her forces gunned down hundreds of unarmed students in the streets. She has since been tried and convicted by a Bangladeshi tribunal for crimes against humanity (do check her log on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings). That is the record. Report it.
And if Reuters genuinely believes she is merely an ‘exiled leader’ with a constituency waiting at home, here’s a simple test: run another live feed. Invite her to land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, or walk across any land border of her choosing, and broadcast "unedited" the reception the people of Bangladesh have prepared for her. Let your global audience judge for themselves.
Words matter. Choose them honestly.
Hello @Reuters — since when did ‘exiled political leader’ become the accepted euphemism for a ruler who fled her own country amid mass killings of protesters? This framing is misleading, and your editors should be held to account for it.
Sheikh Hasina is not in exile. Exile implies she was forced out by a hostile power. She infact escaped — fleeing Bangladesh by military aircraft to save herself from the fury of the very people she governed with iron fist, after her forces gunned down hundreds of unarmed students in the streets. She has since been tried and convicted by a Bangladeshi tribunal for crimes against humanity (do check her log on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings). That is the record. Report it.
And if Reuters genuinely believes she is merely an ‘exiled leader’ with a constituency waiting at home, here’s a simple test: run another live feed. Invite her to land at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, or walk across any land border of her choosing, and broadcast "unedited" the reception the people of Bangladesh have prepared for her. Let your global audience judge for themselves.
Words matter. Choose them honestly.
@MarioNawfal@grok , can you verify the authenticity of the video, when and where it was taken, and what the incident is? Is the claim in this tweet true, or is the truth something else? With what claim was this video tweeted for the first time and what does the news media say?