Hasina questions global silence on Gaza

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip and criticised the western governments and local human rights groups for being silent on the issue. Speaking at an event at Osmani Auditorium on Friday, Sheikh Hasina said: ‘I strongly condemn the Israeli attacks. How can the global conscience still remain quiet?’ More than 1,900 people were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza over the past four weeks. ‘When there’s one death here, we receive letters from the US Congress. Now there’s nothing,’ the prime minister said. ‘The rights groups here raise hell.... rush to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Why are they silent now,’ asked the prime minister. Hasina asked Awami League women’s groups, who were present at the event, to raise their voices against the Israeli atrocities. ‘We cannot remain silent while the murder of women and children goes on. We need to protest. This could happen to us too,’ she said, according to bdnews24.com.