Eight Bangladeshis return home from Pakistani prison

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Tribune Desk

• Published at 02:04 pm December 25th, 2020

Tribune Desk
Published at 02:04 pm December 25th, 2020
Shahjalal airport

The Bangladeshis were working in an Omani fishing boat and the Coast Guard of Pakistan detained them for trespassing in May 2019

Eight Bangladesh nationals, who were in prison in Malir under Sindh Province of Pakistan, have returned home after incarceration for one and half years.

A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the Bangladeshis landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday night, reports Bangla Tribune.

The incarcerated individuals -- Nabir Uddin, Yusuf Uddin, Md Shahraj, Abul Kashem, Md Shahed, Md Khan Shab, Md Sharif, and Mohammad Delwar Hossain -- are the residents of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali.

Upon their arrival at the airport, Brac, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Expatriates' Welfare Desk, provided them with emergency services, including drinking water.

Besides, a psychosocial counsellor of Brac also counselled the returnees.

All of them, meanwhile, reached their village homes, their relatives said.

Also Read - 37 Bangladeshis returning home from Pakistani prisons

These eight Bangladeshis were working in an Omani fishing boat when it entered Pakistani waters due to force of tide while fishing in the Arabian Sea in May 2019, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. The Coast Guard of Pakistan detained them for trespassing.

Considering their financial situation, the government of Bangladesh met all the expenses to bring them back home.

The repatriation was made possible due to cooperation from Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Karachi, Home Ministry of Sindh provincial government, Pakistan Foreign Ministry, the authorities concerned of Malir jail, International Organization for Migration, and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.

The process to bring back detained Bangladeshis from Pakistan resumed on November 25 after an eight-year long gap.

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This is how illegal border crossings should be handled not how Indians shoot and kill!

 

[Tom-tom]

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Tribune Desk

• Published at 02:04 pm December 25th, 2020

Tribune Desk
Published at 02:04 pm December 25th, 2020
Shahjalal airport

The Bangladeshis were working in an Omani fishing boat and the Coast Guard of Pakistan detained them for trespassing in May 2019

Eight Bangladesh nationals, who were in prison in Malir under Sindh Province of Pakistan, have returned home after incarceration for one and half years.

A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the Bangladeshis landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday night, reports Bangla Tribune.

The incarcerated individuals -- Nabir Uddin, Yusuf Uddin, Md Shahraj, Abul Kashem, Md Shahed, Md Khan Shab, Md Sharif, and Mohammad Delwar Hossain -- are the residents of Hatiya upazila in Noakhali.

Upon their arrival at the airport, Brac, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Expatriates' Welfare Desk, provided them with emergency services, including drinking water.

Besides, a psychosocial counsellor of Brac also counselled the returnees.

All of them, meanwhile, reached their village homes, their relatives said.

Also Read - 37 Bangladeshis returning home from Pakistani prisons

These eight Bangladeshis were working in an Omani fishing boat when it entered Pakistani waters due to force of tide while fishing in the Arabian Sea in May 2019, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. The Coast Guard of Pakistan detained them for trespassing.

Considering their financial situation, the government of Bangladesh met all the expenses to bring them back home.

The repatriation was made possible due to cooperation from Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Karachi, Home Ministry of Sindh provincial government, Pakistan Foreign Ministry, the authorities concerned of Malir jail, International Organization for Migration, and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.

The process to bring back detained Bangladeshis from Pakistan resumed on November 25 after an eight-year long gap.

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This is how illegal border crossings should be handled not how Indians shoot and kill!

A year and half in prison due to tide dragging them. Is nothing to be proud of. Its great they were not trigger happy.

 

[Microsoft]

A year and half in prison due to tide dragging them. Is nothing to be proud of. Its great they were not trigger happy.

The process of dispensing justice is not instant anywhere. When they are killed by an Indian border guard there is swiftness because the guard is judge, jury and executioner. When judge, jury, and executioner are separate the time increases.

 

[Jernail Sahib]

The process of dispensing justice is not instant anywhere. When they are killed by an Indian border guard there is swiftness because the guard is judge, jury and executioner. When judge, jury, and executioner are separate the time increases.

The two scenarios are not comparable. Smugglers are deliberate criminals and often armed and violent. Fishermen go out to fish.
Bangladeshi and Indian fishermen get jailed in the other country all the time.

 

[Microsoft]

The two scenarios are not comparable. Smugglers are deliberate criminals and often armed and violent. Fishermen go out to fish.
Bangladeshi and Indian fishermen get jailed in the other country all the time.

That's what you think. Fishermen of all countries are often times associates of drug/people smugglers, information collecting, etc. Lots of times when people smuggle animals (such as cattle) they can often smuggle illegal items with them.

 

[El Sidd]

Teach them to hunt and give them fish

 

[Jernail Sahib]

That's what you think. Fishermen of all countries are often times associates of drug/people smugglers, information collecting, etc. Lots of times when people smuggle animals (such as cattle) they can often smuggle illegal items with them.

True but the primary motivation of fishermen is to fish. An average fisherman does not go out with the intent or expectation of a violent encounter with law enforcement.

Bangladeshi and Indian cow smugglers are a strong, organised and armed syndiciate prepared to kill border guards if necessary to bring in illegal, diseased cows to exploit relative cattle shortage in Bangladesh. They deserve to get shot. The shame is in the fact that Bangladeshi smugglers are even able to reach the border without getting shot or arrested on our side.

 

[Microsoft]

True but the primary motivation of fishermen is to fish. An average fisherman does not go out with the intent or expectation of a violent encounter with law enforcement.

Bangladeshi and Indian cow smugglers are a strong, organised and armed syndiciate prepared to kill border guards if necessary to bring in illegal, diseased cows to exploit relative cattle shortage in Bangladesh. They deserve to get shot. The shame is in the fact that Bangladeshi smugglers are even able to reach the border without getting shot or arrested on our side.

So a cow smuggler getting shot is ok but a fisherman breaking the same rule being released to go back to his home is bad?

 

[Jernail Sahib]

So a cow smuggler getting shot is ok but a fisherman breaking the same rule being released to go back to his home is bad?

Cow smuggler getting shot is a must (not just ok) to disincentivise smuggling in of diseased cows due to the existential threat posed to Bangladeshi cattle industry.

Fishermen getting caught fishing illegally being returned after jail time is good.

Smuggler posing as fisherman getting shot is good.

 

[Microsoft]

Cow smuggler getting shot is a must (not just ok) to disincentivise smuggling in of diseased cows due to the existential threat posed to Bangladeshi cattle industry.

Fishermen getting caught fishing illegally being returned after jail time is good.

Smuggler posing as fisherman getting shot is good.

Thats when you get slippery slope and soon every illegal crossing for whatever reason is being shot and being blamed as cattle smuggler. Justice needs to be done through proper channels so the problem can be ended by both sides. Otherwise cattle smuggling will continue and so will the killing.

 

[bluesky]

The Bangladeshis were working in an Omani fishing boat and the Coast Guard of Pakistan detained them for trespassing in May 2019

Pakistani judicial system must be very cruel towards BD people. These unfortunate people were just working in the Omani fishing boats and they were imprisoned for long 3 years in Pakistani jail!!

Are we still living in 1971?

 

[jamesisi]

Very sad if true all Muslim brothers should be released straight away and other within 2 weeks

 

[Microsoft]

Pakistani judicial system must be very cruel towards BD people. These unfortunate people were just working in the Omani fishing boats and they were imprisoned for long 3 years in Pakistani jail!!

Are we still living in 1971?

They were detained in 2019 and if my math is correct 2019-2020 is not 3 years. You never know who could be "just working in the Omani fishing boats" a thorough investigation must be done and trial must be carried out. Or do you prefer what Indian border patrol does?