URGENT APPEAL:Police fail to react or investigate when human rights defender Shahanur Islam assaulted

THE HAGUE, August 25, 2011

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) regrets to inform you of an unprovoked physical assault on our local observer and human rights defender Advocate Shahanur Islam on August 24, 2011 in Dhaka. At this point there is no suspicion or indication that the attack is related to his human rights activities or

URGENT APPEAL: Ensure the security of human rights defender Mr. Shahanur Islam

The Hague, The Netherlands, 29 July, 2011 

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) is deeply concerned about the recent death threats received by our local observer and human rights defender Advocate Shahanur Islam on July 24, 2011.These threats are linked to an incident earlier in January this year when Adv. Islam was attacked during a fact finding mission in Thakurgaon

Bangladesh Govt failing to ensure Human Rights of Minority Hindus : Alleges JusticeMakers Bangladesh

Chittagong, February 27, 2012: 

Bangladesh government is failing to ensure protection for its citizen and Hindu community which is a ‘minority. This is alleged by ‘JusticeMakers Bangladesh’, a human rights watchdog in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a secular ‘People’s Republic’ but having a strong dominance of the Islamic fundamentalists since

Police failure to investigate unprovoked attack against Advocate Shahanur Islam, GHRD’s local partner in Bangladesh

On the August 24, GHRD’s local observer and human rights defender, Advocate Shahanur Islam, was subjected to an unprovoked physical assault in Dhaka, Bangladesh. While at this point there is no suspicion that the attack is related to his human rights work, GHRD is appalled that despite international calls for increased protection of Mr Islam, the police failed to come to the scene of the assault. 

URGENT APPEAL: Paris Bar Association is Concerned about Threats on Bnangladesi Human Rights Lawyer

PARIS, JANUARY 18, 2012

The Paris Bar representing more than 24000 members would like to share its strong concern in relation to death threats received by their colleague Shahanur Islam these last month. Shahanur Islam is the executive director of Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), Country observer-Bangladesh for Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), Founding Secretary General of