500 Bangladeshis in Saudi Jail
HC rule on govt
The High Court yesterday issued a rule upon the government why it should not be directed to take measures to bring back around 500 Bangladeshis, who have been languishing in a Saudi jail, to the country.
The court issued the rule following a writ petition filed by Human rights organisation Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK).
It directed the government to explain why its 'inaction' to bring them back from Dammam Jail in Saudi Arabia should not be declared illegal.
ASK recently filed the writ petition following a report published in a Bangla national daily on October 13 saying that more than 500 Bangladeshi nationals have been languishing in the Dammam Jail in Saudi Arabia.
The detainees, many of whom are suffering from different diseases, have sought “out pass” as approval letter from the Bangladesh embassy officials in Saudi Arabia to return home but did not get any sincere response, the report said.
The petitioner prayed to the court to direct the government to take necessary steps to bring them back home from Saudi jail.
The HC bench of Justice Mohammad Bazlur Rahman and Justice M Enayetur Rahim made the secretaries to the ministries of foreign and home affairs respondent to the rule.
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