EU-Bangladesh partnership is gaining constructive momentum

The Excessive Consultant of the European Union for Overseas Affairs and Safety Coverage/Vice-President of the European Fee, Joseph Borrell Fontelles has written that the EU-Bangladesh partnership is gaining constructive momentum. 

Observe that, on June 12, six members of the European Parliament submitted a letter to the Vice-President of the European Fee, Joseph Borrell, expressing concern in regards to the twelfth election, human rights and the political scenario in Bangladesh. The talked about letter was written by MEPs of the European Parliament Ivan Stefanek (Slovak Republic), Michaela Sojdrova (Czech Republic), Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, Bulgaria), Karen Melchior (Denmark), Javier Nart (Spain) and Heidi Hautala (Finland).

321 expatriates from completely different nations residing in Europe, together with scientists, academics, researchers, journalists, businessmen, staff and varied professions, have expressed concern in regards to the letter on behalf of “Bangladesh Civil Society in Europe”. They mentioned that the letter was written on the idea of false data and was an try and spoil the picture of Bangladesh within the outdoors world. These expatriates despatched the letter of protest on 29^th June to the talked about six MEPs and the Vice-President of the EU Parliament, Joseph Borrell. They mentioned that six MEPs don’t have any expertise with the politics and modern scenario of Bangladesh. They purposefully wrote the letter to tarnish the picture of Bangladesh with out being a member of the EU Parliament’s delegation for relations with South Asian nations.

They mentioned that after the killing of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his relations on August 15, 1975, the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances began by BNP founder Main Basic Ziaur Rahman. In line with experiences by the human rights group Amnesty Worldwide, hundreds of members of the army have been executed throughout President Zia’s 5 and a half years in energy. His BNP authorities made modifications to the Structure of Bangladesh (the ‘Fifth Modification’) which legalized all actions taken by the federal government between 15 August 1975 and 9 April 1979. In the course of the BNP-Jamaat regime beneath Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in 1991-1996 and 2001-2006, they’ve stored persevering with the identical trend of torture, kidnapping, abduction and killing of opposition leaders and activists, journalists, minor neighborhood leaders together with Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Ahmadiyya Muslim Group, and the Indigenous neighborhood.

Within the letter, additionally they mentioned that it will be advisable to fastidiously confirm the rule of legislation and human rights in the course of the rule of BNP-Jamaat. In line with the Berlin-based Transparency Worldwide (TI)’s “Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)”, Bangladesh has been the world champion in corruption 5 instances in a row from 2001 to 2006 attributable to rampant corruption and cash laundering by the BNP led GOVT. Bangladesh has seen the rise of lethal Islamic Militancy throughout BNP-Jamaat regime in 2001-2006, with the direct patronization of the ruling events. They’ve created Jamatul Mujahidin (JMB).

In addition they acknowledged that the legislation enforcement company, Speedy Motion Battalion (RAB) was fashioned on 12 July 2004 in the course of the regime of Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration and Jamaat-e-Islami.

It could be completely pertinent to say that hundreds of Awami League leaders and activists and members of the spiritual minority communities had been tortured and killed by the BNP-Jamaat goons and likewise by the state equipment beneath their regime between 2001 to 2006, which was a nightmare for the individuals of Bangladesh.

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They talked about that the BNP-Jamaat alliance established a reign of terror in Bangladesh in the course of the 10th Nationwide Meeting elections held in 2014 to forestall the elections. They vandalized and torched lots of of autos, homes, academic establishments. As many as 200 individuals, together with 20 legislation enforcers, had been killed by their petrol bombs, handmade bombs and different kinds of violence. The BNP-Jamaat-led coalition participated within the 2018 11th Nationwide Meeting elections and gained a number of seats. All different political events participated within the elections. The allegation of ‘midnight elections’ was a piece of rumor and misinformation which was by no means substantiated.

In response to that letter, HE Rensje Teerink, the Head of EU Delegation to Bangladesh at European Exterior Motion Service, has written on behalf of Mr. Borrel to the coordinator of “Bangladesh Civil Society in Europe” Dr. Mazharul Islam Rana. In her letter she talked about that the issues of the civil society of Bangladesh in regards to the letter despatched by 6 MEPs on the scenario in Bangladesh had been famous duly. She has additionally famous the request to withdraw the letter which has tarnished the constructive picture of Bangladesh. Nonetheless, she talked about that it was past her scope to intrude with any letter despatched by Members of the European Parliament, they usually had the complete democratic proper to jot down letters on any topic they discovered mandatory.

As regards the scenario in Bangladesh she has reassured that the EU-Bangladesh partnership is gaining constructive momentum. She additional talked about that European Union had deepened out cooperation with Bangladesh in a lot of areas. On human rights and different priorities of Bangladesh, she confused that the European Union and its Member States would proceed to have interaction carefully with the Authorities and civil society in Bangladesh.

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