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<p>The British Government is extremely concerned by the increase in extremist-related
violence against a number of minority groups including Hindus in Bangladesh since
September 2015. The former Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Witney
(Mr Cameron) most recently talked to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh about countering
extremism in the margins of the G7 meeting in Japan on 27 May. The former Minister
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East
Devon (Mr Swire) raised this with Foreign Minister Ali on 5 July. The British High
Commissioner regularly discusses these issues with Bangladesh government ministers.
We welcome Prime Minister Hasina’s “zero tolerance” approach towards terrorism, but
this must be implemented in a way that fully respects the international rights standards
that Bangladesh has signed up to and which, as a member of both the Commonwealth and
the UN Human Rights Council, it has pledged to uphold.</p>
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