We received this email, as did other area news outlets, such as Sur in English, Olive Press and Euroweekly, as did ones in the Canary Islands and Mallorca. The Gazette is only a local freebie and has no business covering international affairs, but even so, we cannot ignore a request like this.

Hello Newspaper of Spain,

I, on behalf of Bangladeshi students, want to keep you put an eye on Bangladesh. We are getting killed by our ruling govt. party because of our quota movements for our rights.

After killing a lot of students, our Prime Minister is trying flee to your country as well as some other countries to escape her responsibility. No media, channels and newspaper is helping us to show the real truth because of our govt. order.

Also the service holder like police are firing against unarmed students and people as they are ordered to do so by our merciless govt. We want you to see the news and scenes in social media like facebook, Twitter and spread the news of Bangladesh everywhere.

Already a lot of international news community helped us to do it. We want you to not accept her in your country. Please help us to get our right. 

Sincerely,

Mohim Debnath

On behalf of the students of Bangladesh

Editorial comment: Both the US Embassy and the Indian one in Dhaka closed their doors yesterday and advised their citizens not to venture out because of this nationwide student protest. So far 16 people have been killed. Amnesty International, as well as United Nations and the United States, have urged Bangladesh to protect peaceful protesters from violence. You can read more via this link

(News: Reader’s Letter – Bangladesh – Photo: Reuters via Daily Sabah )