It is with horror that we have watched the news of the beheadings of eight Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. What explanation does the foreign ministry have for this horrific act perpetrated upon our citizens in a foreign land? How come the international human rights groups have not uttered a peep? Is it because a Bangladeshi life is less valuable than that of others? The men were not given a proper trial, we believe, and what defense was provided to them was reportedly in Arabic, a language not understood by the men being put to death. Is it not about time that the ministry of foreign affairs called in the Saudi ambassador and demanded an explanation? Or are we too afraid to do that? What are we afraid of, I would like to ask the minister of foreign affairs? If the Bangladeshis had committed a crime, couldn't they been deported? Working in Saudi Arabia does not mean giving up all rights to a basic dignity.

P. Cole

D.O.H.S, Dhaka