Top US Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer has weighed in on the situation surrounding the quota protests in Bangladesh.
In a post on his handle on X, formerly Twitter, around 9am Bangladesh time on Tuesday, Schumer wrote: “I am closely observing the situation in Bangladesh with deep concern. The right to peaceably assemble and protest is a cornerstone of a democratic society. Violent repression of the student protest is wrong and will only lead to more unrest.”
Schumer is the current Senate Majority Leader, i.e. the senior most member of the side that has the majority in the US Senate, the upper house of the US parliamentary chamber, and is effectively the most powerful member of the Senate.
He is the highest -ranking US politician to have spoken out on the unrest in Bangladesh.
