PM accuses US, Canada of \\\'double standards\\\'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said USA and Canada pass judgment on Bangladesh's elections and at the same time they shelter Bangladeshi murderers, which demonstrate their double standards. She was briefing the press on Saturday afternoon on her recent UK tour. Asked about the government’s efforts to bring back the murderers of Bangabandhu, she said, ‘Nur (Nur Chowdhury) is in Canada, Rashed (Rashed Chowdhury) and some others are in USA. Their deportation is up to them (USA and Canada). They’re democratic nations. They pass judgment on the validity of our elections. But at the same time they shelter murderers. They follow double standard policies,’ she said. She also criticised ‘hypocrisy of media’, saying, ‘On one hand you'll say war criminals are not being tried, and on the other you cry foul over BNP not coming to power. You have to give up on this hypocrisy,’ according to bdnews24.com.