The United Arab Emirates on Friday released 75 more Bangladeshi nationals who were arrested for holding protests in that country, expressing solidarity with the Student Movement Against Discrimination in July-August.
With the latest release, the UAE so far pardoned and released a total of 188 Bangladeshis under general amnesty, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Expatriates鈥� Welfare and Overseas Employment in Dhaka on Friday.聽
Of them, 113 have already returned to the country, while the newly released 75 Bangladeshi expatriates are expected to return within a week.
On September 3, UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan granted a pardon to 57 Bangladeshis, who had been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years to life by the UAE Federal Court for staging protests against the ousted Awami League government, thereby violating the laws of the Gulf state.
The UAE president made聽 the move after Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government, requested for their release over a phone call following the fall of the AL government on August 5.
