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Bangladeshis Must Not Be Silenced by Their Government

Toby Cadman | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Bnp, International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh National Party, Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Awami League, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Khaleda Zia, Awami National Party, UK Politics News
Toby Cadman

The British Government has one task - to remain steadfast in their call to the government of Bangladesh to protect the right of free speech. Labour MPs, many whom represent sizeable Bangladeshi communities, must apply similar pressure on Ministers.

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Is Britain's Aid Funding a Political Crackdown in Bangladesh?

Elliot Wilson | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Khaleda-Zia, Corruption, Yunus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Toby Cadman, Muhammad Yunus, War Crimes, International War Crimes Tribunal, UK Government, Transparency International, Bangladesh National Party, Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, Dfid, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mir Quasem Ali, Awami National Party, Jamaat-E-Islami, UK News
Elliot Wilson

What a few weeks it has been for that Machiavellian matriarch Sheikh Hasina. She swished into London in August to bookmark the Olympic Games (opening and closing ceremony tickets for Bangladesh's premier - no messing around with an either/or scenario).

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Six Months in Jail For an 'Offensive' Facebook Status Update

Mark Hillary | Posted 06.03.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Government, Social Media, Jahangirnagar University, Social Networking, Muhammad Ruhul Amin Khandaker, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh, Akram Chowdhury, Facebook, Censorship, China, Prime Minister, UK Tech News
Mark Hillary

If a government wants to be seen as democratic in this new era of online social discourse then they need to realise, you can't jail everyone who is critical of the prime minister - the jails would be full by tomorrow afternoon.

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