US monitoring violence during student protests

The United States continues to monitor the violence that broke out during the student protests in Dhaka and continues to urge that protests be peaceful and continue to condemn any violence against peaceful demonstrations.

During a press briefing on Wednesday, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller made the remarks. 

When asked about whether the US was taking any steps regarding the situation, Miller said, "We’ve been watching this matter very closely both from our embassy and officials here in Washington have been monitoring the protests, have seen the reports of people dying, being killed in the protests. And we, again, call on the government to uphold individuals’ rights to protest peacefully."