“We proceed to name for calm and restraint and urge all events to respect the appropriate to peaceable meeting and expression,” Farhan Haq, UN Deputy Spokesperson informed the every day briefing at UN Headquarters in New York.
“We urge safety forces to guard these out on the streets in Dhaka and different cities of Bangladesh,” he added.
He additionally emphasised the significance of a peaceable, orderly and democratic transition, including that the UN stands in full solidarity with the folks of Bangladesh at the moment.
“We name for the complete respect of their democratic and human rights,” he mentioned, noting additionally the necessity for a full, impartial, neutral and clear investigation into all acts of violence.
Greater than 300 folks, together with many kids, are mentioned to have been killed since student-led protests erupted, and greater than 20,000 injured. The bloodshed was among the many worst ever witnessed in Bangladesh.
The unrest started in July with protests by college students towards civil service job quotas. Although the scheme was withdrawn, protests erupted once more final week, with the important thing demand for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to give up and for these liable for the violent suppression of demonstrations to be held accountable.
Ms. Hasina had been in energy since January 2009, having earlier led the nation from 1996 to 2001.
Media reviews counsel her departure from Bangladesh was met with widespread jubilation throughout a lot of the nation.
There have been additionally reviews of ransacking and arson on the Prime Ministerial residence; a museum commemorating the nation’s first President and Ms. Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; and houses of senior authorities officers.
Bangladesh’s military chief introduced in a televised nationwide handle following her departure that an interim authorities can be fashioned, though no additional particulars have been offered.
