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Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh condemns the arrest its student activists

Press Release 26 Feb, 2007 Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh strongly condemns the arrest of four of its student section activists for distributing leaflets protesting Dr Yunus’s attendance of Dhaka University’s 43rd Convocation Chief Coordinator and Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh, Mohiuddin Ahmed issued a statement today (Monday, 26-02-07) strongly condemning the unjustified arrests of four Dhaka University students of Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh in the morning from the campus site and demanded their immediate release. They were picked up while distributing leaflets that exposed the truth about Yunus, and called on all teachers and students to boycott him from the convocation ceremony. Mohiuddin Ahmed said that the government, on the one hand, is permitting Yunus to freely undertake political activities during the state of emergency, including issuing open letters to the people. On the other hand they are arresting the students for protesting Yunus’s evil plans to use the University con

This Spring America’s target is not Iran but Pakistan

On February 27 2007, US Vice President Dick Cheney paid a surprised visit to Pakistan and held private talks with General Musharraf. After the meeting, Cheney refused to comment on the nature of his visit and left for Afghanistan. The New York Times stated that Cheney was sent to remind Musharraf that he must take stiffer action against the Taleban; otherwise US aid will be in jeopardy. The Pakistani government issued the following statement: “Cheney expressed US apprehensions of regrouping of Al Qaeda in the tribal areas and called for concerted efforts in countering the threat”, and also talked of “serious US concerns on the intelligence being picked up of an impending Taliban ‘spring offensive’ against allied forces in Afghanistan.” Cheney’s trip coincided with Britain’s Foreign Secretary, Margaret Becket’s visit to Pakistan. Becket also pressed the Pakistani government to take more action against Al Qaeda and the Taleban, but struck more reconciliatory tone. Speaking at the Foreign