July 30, 2005: Headlines: COS - Bangladesh: Protest: Criticism: Canton Repository: Students rallied Saturday at a university campus to protest against the presence of the U.S. Peace Corps in Bangladesh, accusing them of attempting to influence the country's national policies
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July 30, 2005: Headlines: COS - Bangladesh: Protest: Criticism: Canton Repository: Students rallied Saturday at a university campus to protest against the presence of the U.S. Peace Corps in Bangladesh, accusing them of attempting to influence the country's national policies
Students rallied Saturday at a university campus to protest against the presence of the U.S. Peace Corps in Bangladesh, accusing them of attempting to influence the country's national policies
"America is trying to influence our national policies through its different agencies, including Peace Corps," the group's general secretary Shamsul Alam told the rally. "This group (Peace Corps) must leave Bangladesh, it is misguiding us."
Students rallied Saturday at a university campus to protest against the presence of the U.S. Peace Corps in Bangladesh, accusing them of attempting to influence the country's national policies
Leftists in Bangladesh rally against US Peace Corps
Saturday, July 30, 2005
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Students rallied Saturday at a university campus to protest against the presence of the U.S. Peace Corps in Bangladesh, accusing them of attempting to influence the country's national policies.
About one hundred left-leaning activists of the Bangladesh Student Union marched across Dhaka University, chanting "Peace Corps...Peace Corps, Leave Leave Bangladesh", and "Down with Imperialism."
"America is trying to influence our national policies through its different agencies, including Peace Corps," the group's general secretary Shamsul Alam told the rally. "This group (Peace Corps) must leave Bangladesh, it is misguiding us."
There are currently 68 volunteers involved in English-language training, support for women and health programs for rural poor in Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 140 million people, Peace Corps director Gaddi H. Vasquez recently told reporters during a visit to Dhaka.
He said another 60 volunteers will arrive in Bangladesh later this year as part of the group's expansion plan.
"I am encouraged (by the) great hospitality and friendship of Bangladeshi people toward our volunteers," Vasquez said.
On expansion plan, the protesters on Saturday criticized the government for allowing the U.S. volunteers to work in Bangladesh.
"They work just to help sustain their imperialism, we don't need them in our soil," Alam told the rally. "If America needs to brighten its so-called good face before the world, it should change its foreign policy. Sending volunteers is not a solution."
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