DHAKA: Bangladesh must ensure “appropriate” legal representation for all detainees in keeping with basic human rights principles, a US state department spokesperson said in Washington, hours after arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari’s bail hearing in a Chittagong court on Tuesday was adjourned by a month as he didn’t have a counsel.
Principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said this after a reporter wanted to know US’s response on the monk, who has been charged with sedition, not finding “a willing lawyer” in Bangladesh to represent him since being arrested and jailed.
Patel said his view was “consistent with” what US expected of every govt. “There needs to be respect for fundamental freedoms, respect for religious freedom and basic human rights,” he said.