What the US said about Chinmoy Krishna's arrest

The topic of Sammilita Sanatani Jote leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari's arrest was recently brought up at a US State Department briefing, where the spokesperson said those in detention should be treated with basic fundamental freedoms and human rights.

When asked whether the US would take any actions on the matter, US State Department's Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said, "So I don’t have the details surrounding that case. But again, we continue to stress and emphasize that even those who are in detention need to be afforded appropriate representation and need to be treated with basic fundamental freedoms and human rights."

Vedant Patel was also asked about the protection of minorities in Bangladesh, to which he said, "So we are consistent with every government in which we have a relationship with – we are clear that there needs to be the respect of fundamental freedoms; there needs to be respect of religious freedom and basic human rights. 

"Any kind of protests should be and need to be peaceful, and that any kind of crackdown – not even crackdown – that governments need to respect the rule of law, they need to respect basic human rights as part of that. And that’s something we’ll continue to emphasize."