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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, and the subsequent arrest of Mr. Shahidul Alam. 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, and raised Mr Alam's case, 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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