57 Bangladeshis convicted in UAE pardoned

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published 03 September, Tuesday, 2024 18:00:39
57 Bangladeshis convicted in UAE pardoned

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President Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis convicted by the Federal Court of the United Arab Emirates for protesting during the quota reform movement. Soon they will be sent to Bangladesh.

In a meeting on Tuesday (September 3) morning, the chief advisor. Muhammad Yunus said this. This information was informed in a message sent from the press wing of the Chief Adviser.

A court in the country sentenced 57 Bangladeshis to various terms of imprisonment for protesting in the United Arab Emirates in solidarity with the quota reform movement. Three of them have been sentenced to life imprisonment, 53 to 10 years and the remaining one to 11 years.

Emirates News Agency (WAM), the state-owned news agency of the Emirates, said at the time that they would be repatriated after their prison terms.

According to the WAM report, these people were protesting against the government of their own country. An eyewitness confirmed that they organized large-scale protests on several roads in the UAE to protest against the decision taken by the Bangladesh government.

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