Dhaka: The United Arab Emirates government has pardoned and released 75 more expatriates detained in the UAE for holding marches and protests against the killing and oppression of student protesters in Bangladesh in July-August.
This was announced in a press release sent by M. Shefayet Hossain, Information Officer of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, on Friday (November 29).
It said that the country has released a total of 188 people under general amnesty so far, including the 75 newly released people.
Earlier, in a briefing on September 3, the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the President of the United Arab Emirates spoke to the Chief Adviser on the telephone on August 28. The issue of commuting the sentences of 57 Bangladeshis was a major part of it. The Chief Adviser requested the President to pardon the expatriate workers. The President kept his word. The Chief Adviser has received this good news.
It is worth noting that a court in the United Arab Emirates sentenced 57 Bangladeshis to various terms of imprisonment for protesting in solidarity with the quota reform movement. Three of them were sentenced to life imprisonment, 53 to 10 years and one to 11 years.