British MP Rupa Huq raises question on Bangladesh situation
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh-origin British MP Rupa Huq has raised a question in the UK parliament about the current situation in Bangladesh concerning the students’ quota reform movement.
She wanted to know the UK government's stand on the Bangladesh situation at a parliamentary session on Thursday.
Addressing the parliament, Rupa Huq said, “Recent days have seen protests in Rome, Paris, the city of Manchester and Trafalgar Square in London over what’s been going on in Bangladesh. A three figure number of students, protesters killed. We don’t know how many because they have turned the internet off. I wonder if I can press again, can we have an urgent government statement on our (UK government) position on this? We have a historic unique role in this situation.”
In response to the question, spokesperson for the UK government in the parliament MP Lucy Powell said that Rupa Huq has raised an important point. As she had said earlier, they are deeply concerned about the violence in recent days and the loss of life is unacceptable. The right to protest must be restored and the access to internet should also to be restored. And, they urged all sides to have restraint in this regard.
“I know the foreign secretary and foreign office minsters would want to update the House. Obviously, we are running out of time before the recess but all possible steps would be taken to ensure that these important updates are brought before the recess,” MP Lucy Powell added.
