Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke on Monday condemned what she described as “prolonged violence against protestors and escalating human rights violations in Bangladesh,” expressing concern for growing national instability following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sudden resignation and departure.
“I am deeply concerned by the violence and human rights abuses in Bangladesh that have marked a severe effort by the governing Awami League Party to crack down on the peaceful assembly of its people, leading to the deaths of hundreds of protestors and the injuring of thousands more,” Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, whose 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn comprises significant number of Bangladeshi nationals, told the Caribbean Life.
