To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations against the arrest of opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement. (152606)

We are aware that following her recent arrest, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been formally charged with extortion by police in Dhaka, and that she remains in detention in a “sub-jail”. The case is now within the judicial system of Bangladesh. We trust that, consistent with Bangladesh’s international human rights obligations, legal proceedings against Sheikh Hasina will respect the full range of her human rights.