EUROPE, September 06, 2011
The CCBE writes to express its serious concerns over the situation of Mr Shahanur Islam, a lawyer and general secretary of the Bangladesh Institute for Human Rights (BIHR), who has received death threats in Bangladesh.The CCBE is informed that on 9 January 2011 Mr Islam undertook a fact-finding mission on the violation of minorities
Dhaka: Octobr 20, 2010
On October 6, 2010, Mr. Mokhlesur Rahman Badal was arrested by the Drug Control Directorate police of the Ramna zone in the Dhaka metropolitan area. He was detained on the charge of being an accomplice to a drug smuggler who resided in the same building. On October 12, 2010, Adv. Shahanur Islam Saikot, JusticeMaker Fellow
Dhaka, July 09, 2011
JusticeMakers Bangladesh, along with Global Human Rights Defense, the Hague, the Netherlands has been conducted a fact finding investigation into the arson attacks against minority Jumma communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh which occurred in February and April of 2011. In May 2011, Justice
A petition case has been filed against nine (9) police and prison officials including Jail Superintendent & Jailor of Naogaon district jail as well as former Officer in Charge (OC) and present second officer of Badalgachhi police Station under Naogaon district on March 21, 2012. The case has been filed with the Judicial Magistrate Court, Naogaon
Dhaka, January 07, 2012
In December 2011, Advocate Sahanur Islam (Saikot), Founding Secretary General of JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Dhaka along with three members went to the spot to conduct a fact finding investigation mission on the incident of death of a businessman due to negligence of treatment: family member alleges of torture for bribe on the
Mumbai, November 08, 2011
Human rights activists from south Asian nations have join hands for the protection of the minority rights in South Asia. A joint manifesto on minority rights in south asia was developed by the participants to identify common issues and priorities on thematic human rights violations in need of attention and action. This manifesto was