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.

STATEMENT: JMBF Strongly Condemns the Suspension of High School Teacher on Grounds of Sexual Orientation

Paris, France; November 02, 2024: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns and protests the recent suspension of Haroon Or Rashid Milan, principal of Kurigram Collectorate School and College, on August 25, 2024, in Kurugram. This decision represents a troubling trend toward targeting individuals based on unproven accusations related to their sexual orientation rather than any substantiated evidence of misconduct.

Statement:JMBF Strongly Condemns and Protests the Brutal Attack on Poet Radhapad Ray in Kurigram, Bangladesh

Paris, France: October 03, 2023: JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) strongly condemns and protests the barbaric attack on renowned poet Radhapad Ray in Nagishwari Upazila of Kurigram on September 30, 2023.

JMBF has also called for the immediate arrest of the accused in the said attack and ensuring the provision of exemplary punishment to the culprits after a fair and impartial investigation, in line with human rights principles

According to a report published in the online edition of the Daily Kalbela on October 2, the attack took place on the poet in his village in the Betharband Union of Nageshwari Upazila in Kurigram district on Saturday, September 30. A young man named Rafiqul Islam (38), a neighbor, suddenly attacked him. As a result of the attack, poet Radhapad Roy was seriously injured and is currently undergoing treatment at Nageshwari Health Complex.