By: Eastern Eye Staff
A BRITISH parliamentarian and lawyer, a counsel for jailed Bangladeshi politician Khaleda Zia, said last Thursday (12) he was outraged by India’s decision to deny him entry to address a press conference defending his client and meet a human rights body. India’s foreign ministry said it sent back crossbench peer Lord Alex Carlile from New Delhi airport last Wednesday (11) because his “intended activity in India was incompatible with the purpose of his visit as mentioned in his visa application”. “This is no way to treat a 70-year-old senior lawyer and parliamentarian,” Lord Carlile said in a statement. “I am…
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