Bangladesh: ‘Women Politicians Stay Out!’
Bangladesh’s military-backed interim government seems hell bent in preventing a former woman Prime Minister from returning from her US visit. while preparing to exile the other former woman Prime Minister to Saudi Arabia.
“Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been denied permission by British Airways to travel to Dhaka, prompting a prominent British peer to call it a violation of human rights,” reports The Hindustan Times.
“Hasina was on a private visit to the US when the government slapped murder and extortion charges. She said she was flying back home to fight the charges and ‘face the consequences’.
“The drama in London was unfolding even as Hasina’s rival, another former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was trying to resist being exiled to Saudi Arabia. Media reports in Dhaka Saturday said the government was trying to fly her out to Jeddah by Sunday so that it can deal with Hasina thereafter…”
The Manila Times has this to say…
To know more about Bangladesh as a country…click here…
To read an in-depth article “Bangladesh: Caretaker Government Targets Dynastic Politics” please click here… “It is possible that the present steps are taken by the caretaker government to free the country from both leading political leaders who have been engaged in endless political hostility.
“At the same time, it is equally possible that the military is deliberately trying to create a void so that it can conveniently step in as has been done by Musharraf in Pakistan…”
