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<p>We continue to stress the importance of respect for human rights and the rule of
law to the Government of Bangladesh, both in public and in private. I urged the Bangladeshi
High Commissioner to ensure that his government adhered to its human rights obligations
when we met on 29 November 2016. As I said in my closing speech to the House of Commons
adjournment debate on 8 September 2016, mass arrests, suspicious 'crossfire' deaths,
and enforced disappearances at the hands of the police undermine confidence in the
judicial system. Investigations must be conducted transparently and impartially, irrespective
of either victim of alleged perpetrator.</p><p>Mr Ahmad Bin Quasem is not a British
citizen; we are therefore unable to request consular access.</p>
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