Safe roads: Canada condemns violence against students
Students protest for justice for their peers and safety in roads at Science Lab area of Dhaka on August 02, 2018. Photo: Sheikh Mehedi Morshed.
The High Commission of Canada to Bangladesh has expressed concern over the violence against students staging peaceful demonstrations demanding safe roads and called for action against the attackers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. “Canada is deeply concerned about the outbreak of violence against peaceful, student-led demonstrations related to road safety. We call for immediate cessation of the violence and the protection of students exercising their democratic rights of assembly and free speech,” according to a statement shared in the official Facebook page of the High Commission of Canada.
Furthermore, it said action should be taken against those who violated these democratic rights.
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