A press release from the International Bangladesh Foundation:
Sheikh Hasina, Leader of the Awami League, met Lord Avebury, Vice Chair of Parliamentary Human Rights group at the House of Lords on Friday. She told Lord Avebury that she will be flying back to Bangladesh on Sunday. She added that while she and her party had welcomed many of the actions of the caretaker government and agreed with the caretaker government’s effort to reform the political system and stamp out corruption, she considers that elections should be held much sooner than the end of 2008. She intends to contest the charges made against her, which she says are manifestly ill-founded.
Lord Avebury said that under international law, a person cannot be denied entry to his or her own country [Article 12(4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which Bangladesh is a signatory]. He hoped that no impediment would be placed on Sheikh Hasina’s return.
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[…] There are signs of movement, at least in the United Kingdom. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has met with Lord Avebury, the Vice Chair of Parliamentary Human Rights group at the House of Lords in the UK. He expressed concern about the ongoing human rights violations in Bangladesh and the plan to exile the political leadership of the country. The British High Commission in Bangladesh has sought clarification from the Bangladesh government regarding the exile attempts. No such clarification has been sought by the Bush Administration. […]
Well Anwar Chowdhury doesn’t seem to have much to say. I guess he’s busy with Asia Energy.
[…] I was concerned that a Liberal peer like Lord Avebury could make a statement seemingly favouring a character like Sheikh Hasina ( see my earlier post). So I wrote to his Lordship enquiring whether he knew about Hasina’s recent political activities . I give my text first and then his reply: Dear Lord Avebury […]
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