DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT

To clear Bangladesh’s position on human rights and elections, Dhaka will communicate with six US congressmen, who recently wrote to President Joe Biden, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam.

Speaking to reporters at the foreign ministry yesterday, he said there were “exaggerations, inconsistencies and information gap” in the issues mentioned in the letter.

Congressmen Scott Perry, Barry Moore, Warren Davidson, Bob Good, Tim Burchett and Keith Self wrote to the US president on May 25 requesting urgent actions to stop the “human rights abuses” by the government in Bangladesh and give its people the “best possible chance for free and fair parliamentary elections”.

The letter said, “The well-documented abuses by the Hasina government are not confined to her political opponents; the government has also persecuted ethnic and religious minorities in Bangladesh.”

Shahriar said such letters were sent by US congressmen in the past and more letters may be sent in future as the national election is approaching.