British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said the country is deeply concerned over the situation in Bangladesh. It called for peace and also stated right to peaceful protest must be protected.
“We are obviously deeply concerned by the violence we’ve seen in Bangladesh in recent weeks and that has obviously escalated in recent days. The very significant loss of life, including of students, children and law enforcement officers, is completely unacceptable.
The right to peaceful protest must be protected and never subject to violence and we call on the authorities to release all peaceful protesters and ensure due process is followed for those charged and prosecuted. We hope that swift action is taken to ensure that democracy prevails and accelerate the process towards peace and security to people in Bangladesh,” the British PM’s office said.