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<p>I was deeply concerned by the violence we saw in Dhaka in response to road safety
protests by students following the tragic deaths of two school age students on 29
July. In a statement on 7 August, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Alison
Blake, together with other EU Heads of Mission, called on government to investigate
incidents of unlawful or disproportionate violence or action against protestors and
journalists and to hold perpetrators to account. Subsequently, Joint Foreign and Commonwealth
Office and Department for International Development Minister Alistair Burt expressed
our concern regarding the response to the road safety protests with the Government
of Bangladesh, during his visit to Bangladesh from 28-31 August. Bangladesh remains
a Human Rights Priority Country for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We raised
freedom of expression as a key concern in Bangladesh during the UN Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review.</p>
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