Among the 57 Bangladeshis, pardoned from punishment by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government for protesting in solidarity with the Boishommo Birodhi Chhatra Andolon movement, 14 is returning home this Saturday evening.
Making the disclosure in a message, the Chief Adviser's Press Wing added that a flight carrying the 14 pardoned Bangladeshis will touch down at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on 7pm.
Later, the same flight will land at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram at 10 pm.
It should be noted that on July 20, expatriate Bangladeshis protested in the UAE. The country’s federal court indicted them over this incident, and sentenced three to life imprisonment, 53 to ten years and the remaining one to eleven years on September 3.
Later, the interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus contacted the UAE government regarding the release of those Bangladeshis.
UAE President Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan pardoned 57 expatriate Bangladeshis.
A press release sent from the Chief Adviser’s Office read, “Fifty-seven Bangladeshis who were previously convicted in the Federal Court of the United Arab Emirates have been pardoned by the UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. They will soon arrive in Bangladesh.”
