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…”
6 Responses to “Bangladesh: ‘Women Politicians Stay Out!’”
Everyone is busy yelling at each other about the hot button issues in the USA, this almost slipped by unnoticed.
But it’s an important development, and I thank Swaraaj for the post.
Well in fact US is supporting this military backed Government. More from Mash:
The Bangladesh military, along with their Islamist allies, have orchestrated a coup d’etat with the tacit support of the United States government.
Before the military takeover, in a speech at Dhaka University on December 17 2006, the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, Patricia Butenis, publicly cautioned against a military takeover:
Any extra-constitutional arrangement imposed on the people of Bangladesh, such as military intervention, would not address the basic weaknesses afflicting the current political process, would likely lead to great turmoil and disappointment, and should be stoutly resisted by all defenders of democracy.
Well, I have taken up her call to “all defenders of democracy” to “stoutly resist” this military takeover. As I respond to her call, I look back to see silence from Mr. Bush and contradiction from Ambassador Butenis. Yesterday, the Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star reported the following:
US Ambassador Patricia Butenis has appreciated Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed’s address to the nation, particularly for mentioning a timeframe for holding the general election, and said the US government is satisfied with the caretaker government’s performance.
And there is more – see the double standard:
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