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"Mr President, I should say at this point that I speak in my capacity as chair of the Delegation for relations with countries with South Asia, which includes Bangladesh. As others have said, an overwhelming majority of Bangladeshis are extremely proud of the fact that they are able to live as a whole range of different faiths and communities, but we are seeing this gradual escalation from those claiming to be from Islamic State or from spin-offs of al—Qaeda attacking a range of people, as we have heard: from a shopkeeper to gay rights activists, and indeed the murder recently of Mahmuda Akter, the wife of an anti-terrorist police officer.
It is certainly time for very strong signals from the government that society is not going to be divided. I think we should be pleased to see the statement from 100 000 clerics and their
for peace, which will be fully published on 18 June 2016. But a strong civil society is absolutely essential, and to provide grassroots resilience and a sense of community rather than seeing – as we sometimes feel at the moment – that the government sees those grassroots as a problem. We really should be upholding the work of human rights defenders, such as the organisation ‘Odhikar’, and indeed press freedom. We are seeing far too many journalists going to jail. We also need to see effective policing and a judicial system where people really do feel that there is equality before the law. As others have said, we are seeing an extremely worrying situation there. We really need to be supporting the government in its efforts, but making sure but that it also acts in the best interests of all Bangladeshis."@en1
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