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’In future US will be ashamed for visa policy’

Sukumar Sarkar

Published: 20:52, 27 September 2023

Update: 21:44, 27 September 2023

’In future US will be ashamed for visa policy’

Photo: Former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik...

Former Appellate Division judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik said that US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas should be expelled from the country.

He said this while participating in a private television talk show on September 26 (Tuesday) night. Meanwhile, the United States has again urged for free and fair elections in Bangladesh. New York local time on September 25 (Monday) on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Human Rights and Democracy of the United States Department of State Azra Zeya and the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Masood Bin Momen met.

Azra said, "There was a productive discussion with the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, Masud Bin Momen, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session. Incidentally, US Under Secretary Azra Jaya visited Bangladesh in July this year.

Justice Manik said about the visa policy of the United States, 'The reality is that they have no rights. So they must be quiet. They will remain silent. As I said, at the end of the day, they will be ashamed of their visa policies. And speaking of human rights, we have more human rights than the United States. In a country where police shoot and kill black people every day. What we do not see! So we should now ignore them and expel their ambassador who is speaking these things.'

He also said, 'My words are very straightforward. throw him out Since he is violating international law, violating diplomatic law, he should be told, you keep quiet (keep quiet) or you live in the country (leave the country).'

The former judge also said, 'We are no one's colony. We are an independent sovereign country. We have the United Nations Constitution. The most important thing is that every country is equal. Every country is equal whether it is small, big, rich or poor. The most important thing is that every country has to accept the Charter of the United Nations.

Notably, the United States is beginning to impose visa restrictions against those responsible for obstructing the democratic election process in Bangladesh. On September 22 (Friday), US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller announced the start of the visa ban process in a statement. After that the issue of visa ban became the talk of the country.

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