URGENT APPEAL: to guarantee the safety of Mr. ISLAM by Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme, France

 Lyon (France) August 11, 2011

Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme (Working Together for Human Rights) has been informed by reliable sources about the ongoing death threats against Mr. Shahanur ISLAM, human rights defender Advocate, who protects minorities in the country. Over the past few years, Mr. ISLAM has been exposed to threats and assault as a result of his work. Human rights defenders are frequently subjected to harassment from authorities in Bangladesh. On January 2011, Adv. ISLAM was attacked during a fact finding mission in Thakurgaon district. He and his two fact-finding officers were physically attacked, threatened and had all their belongings looted. One of the perpetrators

LETTER: to ensure the protection of human rights defender & lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam

CURE USA, July 11, 2011
I would like to express my concern for human rights defender Advocate Shahanur Islam, who has recently received threats against his life. According to information I received from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), these threats are linked to an incident earlier in January this year when Adv. Islam was attacked during a fact finding mission in Thakurgaon district. He and his two fact-finding officers were physically attacked, threatened and had all their belongings looted. One of the perpetrators of the January attacks has recently got out of jail custody and is said to be responsible for the death threats Adv. Islam is now experiencing.

নারীশ্রম কি অস্বীকৃতই থেকে যাবে!!!

বাংলাদেশের মোট জনসংখ্যার প্রায় অর্ধেকই নারী। প্রচলিত জাতীয় আয় (জিডিপি) পরিমাপের ক্ষেত্রে পুরুষের উৎপাদনশীলতার যেখানে প্রায় ৯৮ শতাংশ হিসেবে ধরা হয়, সেখানে নারীর উৎপাদনশীলতার মাত্র ৪৭ শতাংশ গণনা করা হয়। গৃহস্থালী কাজ প্রায় এককভাবে নারীরা সম্পন্ন করে থাকে। কিন্তু কোথাও গৃহস্থালী কাজকে অর্থনৈতিক কাজ হিসেবে বিবেচনা করা হয় না। তাই আমাদের জাতীয় অর্থনীতি থেকে নারীর এই অদৃশ্য বিপুল অবদান হারিয়ে যায়,যা পরিমাপ করা হয় না।

JusticeMaker Bangladesh preparing to launch human rights training sessions

DHAKA, October 16, 2010
2010 Asia JusticeMakers Fellow from Bangladesh Adv. Shahanur Islam has completed preparations on training materials on torture and human rights. Mr. Shahanur, who is also the executive director of the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), will organize training sessions for different professionals in respective fields, such as lawyers, prison and police officials, judicial representatives and journalists, to increase their capacity as well as their knowledge about the international human rights instruments available to them.

যদি এখন নয়, তবে কখন?

 সারা বিশ্বে ২৪৬ (দুইশত ছেচল্লিশ) মিলিয়ন শিশু শিশুশ্রমে নিয়োজিত।
 সারা বিশ্বে শিশুশ্রমে নিয়োজিত ৭৩ (তেয়াত্তর) মিলিয়ন শিশুর বয়স ১০ (দশ) বছরের কম।
 সারা বিশ্বে প্রতিবছর ২২,০০০ (বাইশ হাজার) শিশু ঝুকিপূর্ন কর্মেেত্র দূর্ঘটনায় মৃত্যু বরণ করে।
 ১৪ (চৌদ্দ) বছরের কম বয়সী ১২৭ (একশত সাতাশ) মিলিয়ন শিশু এশিয়া-পাসিফিক অঞ্চলে কাজ করে।

JusticeMakers Bangladesh & Manab Unnayan Kendra celebrates the International Women Day 2012

JusticeMakers Bangladesh & Manab Unnayan Kendra jointly celebrates the International Women Day 2012 under the theme of Connecting Girl: Inspiring Future.  As the part of celebration of this day it has organized a Human Chain followed by the Rally at in Meherpur district, the southern region of Bangladesh to raise more awareness about rights and opportunity for the women & girl to show support to those women & girl who are often victimized in violence in Bangladeshi society.