UAE arrests Bangladeshis for protests on Emirati soil: prosecution
The Peninsula
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it arrested several Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government onUAEsoil. Protes...
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it arrested several Bangladeshi expatriates for protesting against their government on UAE soil.
Protests have swept Bangladesh this month against a quota system for civil service jobs that critics say benefits supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15 years of rule.
The near-daily marches escalated this week into civil unrest which left more than 120 people dead.
A statement from the UAE's public prosecutor's office carried by state news agency WAM did not specify the number of Bangladeshis detained for demonstrating.
It stated that they "gathered in a public place protesting against their home government, rioted, disrupted public facilities, as well as public and private property."