BANGLADESH: JMBF Condemns Arrest of Two Senior Lawyers in Jhenaidah and Kurigram; Demands Immediate and Unconditional Release

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Paris, France; June 3, 2025: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns the arrest of two prominent senior lawyers from the District Bar Associations of Jhenaidah and Kurigram—Advocate Bikash Kumar Ghosh and Advocate Amjad Hossain. The arrests are widely viewed as repressive, politically motivated, and acts of vengeance, carried out solely because the lawyers were performing their professional duties and exercising their right to freedom of political expression.

BANGLADESH: JMBF Calls for an Impartial Investigation into the Alleged Extrajudicial Killing and Subsequent Disappearance of the Body by the Coast Guard

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Paris, France; 1 June 2025: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), a France-based human rights organization, expresses deep concern and strong condemnation regarding the incident on the night of Monday, 19 May 2025, when Mohammad Taher was killed by gunfire from members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard while fishing in the coastal area of Teknaf. His body was later allegedly disappeared. In the same incident, another individual named Abdul Shukkur was injured by gunfire.