Terrorist Attack on Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam at Naogaon Court

Shahanur Islam

On 26th of August 2020 around at 1:25 pm, Mr. Shahanur Islam, a human rights lawyer in Bangladesh was attacked by a group of politically-motivated terrorists at the court premises of Naogaon district in the northern part of Bangladesh.

Mr. Islam was taking part in the hearing against Md. Jahurul Islam, Member of District Parishad (district level highest local government unit), Naogaon alleging forgery of court document (forgery of signature of court issued summons) at the learned Judicial Magistrate Cognizance Court No. 05, Naogaon and the learned court ordered him to jail custody. The police then took him out from the court room.

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টাংগাইলে বাউল সংগীত শিল্পী গ্রেফতারে বিআইএইচআর গভীরভাবে উদ্বিগ্ন!

ধর্মীয় অনুভুতিতে আঘাত আনার অভিযোগে গত ১১ জানুয়ারী ২০২০ সালে টাঙ্গাইলে বাউল সংগীত শিল্পী শরিয়ত বয়াতী গ্রেফতারেবাংলাদেশ ইন্সটিটিউট অব হিউম্যান রাইটস ( বি আইএইচআর)গভীরভাবে উদ্বিগ্ন। বিআইএইচআর এর মহাসচিব অ্যাডভোকেট শাহানূর ইসলাম সৈকত বাউল শিল্পী শরিয়ত বয়াতী গ্রেফতারে তীব্র নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানিয়েছেন।