{"id":41503,"date":"2024-07-22T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/uae-jails-57-bangladeshis-over-protests-against-own-government\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T11:50:19","slug":"uae-jails-57-bangladeshis-over-protests-against-own-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=41503","title":{"rendered":"UAE jails 57 Bangladeshis over protests against own government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Bangladesh, more than 150 people have been killed and 500 arrested during days of violence sparked by student-led demonstrations against quotas on government jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The unrest is among the most serious challenges Sheikh Hasina has faced in 15 consecutive years as the country\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to Wam, the trial of the 57 Bangladeshis heard that they had \u201corganised large-scale marches in several streets of the UAE in protest against decisions made by the Bangladeshi government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThis led to riots, disruption of public security, obstruction of law enforcement, and endangerment of public and private property,\u201d it said. \u201cThe police had warned the protesters, ordering them to disperse, to which they were unresponsive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The court rejected the defendants\u2019 defence and ordered that they be deported after serving their sentences, Wam said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was no immediate comment from Bangladesh\u2019s government. But its consulate in Dubai urged citizens to respect local laws in a social media post on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this month, a court in the UAE handed life sentences to 43 human rights defenders and political dissidents who were convicted of \u201ccreating a terrorist organisation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Human rights groups severely criticised the mass trial, saying the organisation had been an \u201cindependent advocacy group\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crgk8gnpg0zo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Bangladesh, more than 150 people have been killed and 500 arrested during days of violence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1564,1059,527,1565,180],"class_list":["post-41503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-bangladeshis","tag-government","tag-jails","tag-protests","tag-uae"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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