UAE pardons Bangladeshis jailed for protesting
The president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has pardoned 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced to long prison terms for staging protests in the Gulf state against their own government. Three of the defendants received life sentences in July, while 53 others were jailed for 10 years and one for 11 years. They had been charged with gathering in a public place with the aim of inciting unrest. The protests were held against the then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, in the weeks before she was ousted from power. Protests are ...
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