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.