JusticeMakers Bangladesh congrats the sexual minority transgender woman for being elected as a member of union council in Kushtia!

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has congratulated and wished the transgender woman Payal Khatun for being elected as a female member in Kanchanpur Union Parishad (UP) of Sadar Upazila of Kushtia district of Bangladesh.

 

According to the news published by Voice of America's Bengali section online on November 4, 2022, Payal Khatun, a transgender woman elected as a member of the Union Parishad in Kushtia district of Bangladesh and she is the first elected public representative of the third gender in Kushtia district.

JusticeMakers Bangladesh protests and concerns over the attempt to expel homosexual teacher from the college in Dhaka's Dhamrai.

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has expressed its deep concern and anger over the attempt to expulsion of a sexual minority homosexual community teacher from the college on charges of homosexuality with students in Dhamrai, Dhaka.

At the same time, Justice Makers Bangladesh strongly demanded that the culprits involved in the incident should be bring before the book after quick and impartial investigation.

According to the news published in the online newspaper risingbd.com on November 2, 2022 AD, it is known that 30 students have written a complaint to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer against Aminul Islam, the senior lecturer of the geography department of Bhalum Ataur Rahman Khan Degree College in Dhamrai, Dhaka seeking remedy for homosexuality.

ঢাকার ধামরাইয়ে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী শিক্ষককে কলেজ থেকে বিতারণের অপচেষ্টায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশের প্রতিবাদ ও উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ।

ঢাকার ধামরাইয়ে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী সম্প্রদায়ের এক শিক্ষককে ছাত্রদের সাথে সমকামিতার অভিযোগে কলেজ থেকে বিতারনের অপচেষ্টার ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশের গভীর উদ্বেগ ও ক্ষোভ প্রকাশ করেছে।

একই সাথে উক্ত ঘটনা দ্রুত ও নিরপেক্ষ তদন্তপূর্বক জড়িত অপরাধীকে বিচারে দৃষ্ঠান্তমূলক শাস্তি প্রদানের জোড় দাবী জানিয়েছে জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ ।

গত ০২ নভেম্বর ২০২২ খ্রীষ্টাব্দ তারিখে অনলাইন পত্রিকা রাইজিং বিডি ডট কম এ প্রকাশিত খবর আনুযায়ী জানা যায় ঢাকার ধামরাইয়ে ভালুম আতাউর রহমান খান ডিগ্রি কলেজের ভূগোল বিভাগের জ্যেষ্ঠ প্রভাষক আমিনুল ইসলামের বিরুদ্ধে সমকামীতার প্রতিকার চেয়ে উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসারের কাছে ৩০ শিক্ষার্থী লিখিত অভিযোগ করেছে।

European attorneys seek protection for LGBTQ activist Bangladeshi lawyer

European lawyers are urging the prime minister of Bangladesh to protect a Bangladeshi attorney whose gay-rights activism has made him the target of death threats.

The president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) wrote to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Oct. 19, seeking protection for attorney/activist Shahanur Islam.

In the letter, the CCBE “respectfully urges Your Excellency to do everything in your power to urgently provide adequate protection to lawyer Shahanur Islam and his family, since it is believed that this continuous acts of threats and harassment are based on his legitimate activities as a human rights lawyer.”

JusticeMakers Bangladesh deeply concerned over the killing of trans-woman in Rangpur.

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has expressed deep concern and aggrieved over the killing of the sexual minority transgender community people in Rangpur, northern part of Bangladesh.

At the same time, JusticeMakers Bangladesh has demanded that to give exemplary punishment to the criminal involved in the brutal murder of the transgender woman after quick and impartial investigation.

OIAD ALERT: New death threats against Shahanur Islam, lawyer, human rights defender

Recently, Shahanur Islam, a Bangladeshi lawyer known for his human rights work, has suffered ongoing death threats against him and his family with impunity.

On 25 August 2022 Mr Islam received a threatening message in english on his phone from an unidentified number. The message threatened to kill the lawyer and his family if he continued to fight for LGBT rights in Bangladesh. On 8 September 2022, a new threatening text message was received by the lawyer.