The Tuesday Group
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Disambiguation: The Tuesday Group also refers to a group of moderate republicans in the US Congress: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congressional-leaders-struggle-to-work-out-bipartisan-debt-deal/2011/07/30/gIQAqdfdjI_story_1.html
The Tuesday Group is a group of foreign diplomat
s based in Dhaka
, Bangladesh
. The group comprises the US, Canada
, UK, Australia
, EU, and Japan
. All the nations in the Tuesday group are major donor nations to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
The Tuesday group was primarily responsible for the military takeover by the Bangladesh Army in January 2011. The military government's mass arrests and torture were committed under the pretext of anti-corruption which was applauded by the Tuesday group diplomats.
The Tuesday Group is a group of foreign diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
s based in Dhaka
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. The group comprises the US, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, UK, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, EU, and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. All the nations in the Tuesday group are major donor nations to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
The Tuesday group was primarily responsible for the military takeover by the Bangladesh Army in January 2011. The military government's mass arrests and torture were committed under the pretext of anti-corruption which was applauded by the Tuesday group diplomats.