Tulip Siddiq Silent as BBC Reports Her Aunt ‘Ordered Lethal Force’ Against Student Protesters – Guido Fawkes

Tulip Siddiq Silent as BBC Reports Her Aunt ‘Ordered Lethal Force’ Against Student Protesters

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A landmark investigation by BBC Eye Investigations and BBC Bangla published today says:

“A deadly crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh last year was authorised by then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, according to audio of one of her phone calls verified by BBC Eye. In the audio, which was leaked online in March, Hasina says she authorised her security forces to ‘use lethal weapons’ against protesters and that ‘wherever they find [them], they will shoot.’ Prosecutors in Bangladesh plan to use the recording as crucial evidence against Hasina, who is being tried in absentia at a special tribunal for crimes against humanity. Up to 1,400 people died in last summer’s unrest, according to UN investigators.”

A UN report into the protests alleged that state actors were responsible for killing children, widespread use of unlawful detention, and a concerted effort to cover up serious human rights violations. The BBC’s investigation sought to verify audio of a phone call between Hasina and an unnamed official authorising lethal weapons against protesters. Gruesome…

Guido asked Tulip Siddiq today if she would provide a statement on the investigation or her aunt’s regime. Silence came in return…

Allegations against Siddiq and her family – which the MP and her lawyers continue to deny – led to a diplomatic incident last month when Starmer refused to meet the interim leader of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus. Siddiq has claimed that charges against her in Bangladesh are a “smear campaign” and that she wants to get on with the job of being a “London MP.” That job seemingly does not involve opposing violent authoritarian dictators…