BANGLADESH ALERT: Vice-Chancellor of RMU Forced to Resign and DU Professor Zeenat Huda Temporarily Suspended

JMBF Condemns Political Retaliation Against University Teachers and Calls for Accountability, Due Process, and Protection of Academic Freedom in Bangladesh

Paris, France | 6 October 2026: France-based international human rights organisation JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses its profound concern, outrage, and strong condemnation over the physical assault and forced resignation of Professor Dr. Md. Jawadul Haque, Vice-Chancellor of Rajshahi Medical University (RMU), after he was branded an “Awami League collaborator,” as well as the decision to temporarily suspend Professor Zeenat Huda, General Secretary of the Dhaka University Teachers’ Association and Professor in the Department of Sociology, over allegations of taking a “position against the July uprising.”

BANGLADESH ALERT: Four Battery-Run Rickshaw Owners-Workers’ Leaders Sentenced to Six Months’ Rigorous Imprisonment

JMBF Expresses Grave Concern over the Arrest and Rapid Sentencing and Calls for Their Immediate Release and an End to the Harassment of Rickshaw Workers

Paris, France | 6 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern over the arrest of four leaders associated with the Battery-Run Rickshaw Owners-Workers’ Unity Council in the Sabujbagh area of Dhaka and their subsequent sentencing to six months’ rigorous imprisonment.

PRESS RELEASE: JMBF Publishes Six-Month Monitoring Report on Politically Motivated Arbitrary Arrests of Children in Bangladesh

At Least 187 Children Arbitrarily Arrested in Six Months, 127 Under Anti-Terrorism Act: JMBF Raises Alarm

Paris, France | 5 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) has published its six-month monitoring report (April–September 2026) on politcally motivated arbitrary arrest of children in Bangladesh under the newly formed government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

BANGLADESH ALERT: Transgender Activist Ho Chi Minh Islam Excluded from Bay of Bengal Conversation Following Anti-LGBTQI+ Mob Pressure

JMBF Strongly Condemns the Discriminatory Exclusion Following NCP-Linked Anti-LGBTQI+ Mobilisation and Demands Her Immediate Reinstatement

Paris, France | 04 October 2026: France-based international human rights organisation JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern and strongly condemns the reported exclusion of prominent Bangladeshi trans feminist, gender and sexual rights activist and nurse Ho Chi Minh Islam from the Bay of Bengal Conversation 2026, organised by the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS), following intense anti-LGBTQI+ mob pressure and online mobilisation opposing her participation.

JMBF Joins Political Leadership Entrepreneur Network (PLEN), Expanding Its Global Engagement

Membership connects JMBF with a global network of more than 200 organisations working to strengthen political leadership and democratic governance

Paris, France | 03 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) is pleased to announce its membership in the Political Leadership Entrepreneur Network (PLEN), a global network convened by the Better Politics Foundation that brings together organisations and innovators working to strengthen political leadership and democratic governance around the world.

URGENT APPEAL: Alleged Custodial Torture of Tareque Sayeed Mohammad in Munshiganj District Jail

JMBF Calls for an Independent Investigation, Accountability, Protection and Effective Remedies

Paris, France | 03 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern and strongly condemns the reported alleged custodial torture and serious ill-treatment of former Lieutenant Colonel Tareque Sayeed Mohammad by prison guards inside Munshiganj District Jail.

JMBF President and Secretary General Attend “Journées du Droit” at French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

JMBF President Raises Concerns with ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou over Ongoing Impunity, Political Killings and Access to Justice in Bangladesh

Paris, France | 02 October 2026: Advocate Shahanur Islam, Founder President of JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), and Advocate Mohammad Alamgir, Secretary General of JMBF, attended the official launch of the “Journées du Droit dans le réseau diplomatique” (Days of Law in the Diplomatic Network) at the Hôtel du Ministre, 37 Quai d’Orsay, Paris, on 30 September 2026.

BANGLADESH ALERT: Three Begum Rokeya University Teachers Permanently Dismissed Following Politically Motivated Crimes Against Humanity Convictions

JMBF Condemns the Politically Motivated Dismissals and Calls for an Independent Review of the Convictions, Immediate Release of Detained Professor Shariful Islam and Reinstatement of the Three Academics

Paris, France | 02 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern and strong condemnation over the politically motivated permanent dismissal of three academics from Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur —Associate Professor Mashiur Rahman of the Department of Mathematics, Associate Professor Asaduzzaman Mondal (Asad) of the Department of Public Administration, and Associate Professor and former Proctor Shariful Islam of the Department of Political Science—following their convictions by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal-2 in the case concerning the killing of student Abu Sayed.

BANGLADESH ALERT: Three Pro-Awami League Lawyers Assaulted and Two Lawyers’ Chambers Vandalised on Shariatpur Court Premises

JMBF Strongly Condemns the Alleged Politically Motivated Attack and Calls for an Independent Investigation, Accountability and Immediate Protection for the Victims

Paris, France | 2 October 2026: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) expresses grave concern and strongly condemns the reported assault on three pro-Awami League lawyers and the vandalism of two lawyers’ chambers on the premises of the Shariatpur District and Sessions Judge’s Court on 30 September 2026, allegedly involving leaders, activists and supporters of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).