Monday, February 21, 2022

বালুমহালের নামে ফসলী জমি কাটার অভিযোগে আদালতের সুয়োমোটো মামলা!


নওগাঁ জেলাধীন বদলগাছি উপজেলার মধ্য দিয়ে প্রবাহিতছোট যমুনা নদীর বালুমহালের বালু উত্তোলনের নামে নদী তীর সংলগ্ন ফসলী জমির মাটি কাটার অভিযোগে নওগাঁর আদালতে সুয়োমটো মামলা হয়েছে! 
মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ এর প্রতিষ্ঠাতা মহাসচিব ও জেলা এডভোকেট বার এসোসিয়েশন, নওগাঁর বিজ্ঞ আইনজীবী শাহানূর ইসলাম সৈকত গত ২০শে ফ্রেব্রুয়ারী জনস্বার্থে বদলগাছি থানার এখতিয়ার সম্পন্ন নওগাঁর বিজ্ঞ আমলী আদালতে এ সংক্রান্তে দৈনিক করতোয়াসহ বিভিন্ন জাতীয় ও স্থানীয় দৈনিক পত্রিকায় প্রকাশিত সংবাদ প্রদর্শন ও উত্থাপনপূর্বক বিজ্ঞ বিচারকের দৃষ্টি আকর্ষণ করে প্রয়োজনীয় ব্যবস্থা গ্রহণের প্রার্থনা করেন। 

Saturday, January 22, 2022

JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over the physical abuse of trans-woman beauty vlogger in Dhaka.

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers has expressed concern over the recent incident of holding captive, black mailing and physical abuse of a beauty vlogger transgender woman in Dhaka. It also urges to the government of Bangladesh to immediate action against culprits who were involved with the heinous crime against transgender woman and bring the culprits before the book and give exemplary punishment after quick and impartial investigation.

According to the news published on different newspaper that transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua has claimed that she was held captive by a man and a woman in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential area recently and brought allegations of blackmail, physical and verbal abuse.

Monday, January 10, 2022

যশোরে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী হিজরা ব্যাক্তিকে হত্যার ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ উদ্বিগ্ন।

যশোরে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী হিজরা সম্প্রদায়ের এক ব্যক্তিকে হত্যার ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বাংলাদেশ ইনস্টিটিউট অব হিউম্যান রাইটস (বিআইএইচআর) এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশের গভীর উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করেছে।

একই সাথে যশোরে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী হিজড়া ব্যক্তিকে নৃশংসভাবে হত্যাকাণ্ডের সাথে জড়িত সকল অপরাধীকে দ্রুত গ্রেফতার পূর্বক বিচারে সোপর্দ করে দায়ীদের দৃষ্ঠান্তমূলক শাস্তি প্রদানের জোড় দাবী জানিয়েছে বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ ।

গত ০৯ জানুয়ারী ২০২২ খ্রীষ্টাব্দ দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ পত্রিকার প্রকাশিত খবর আনুযায়ী জানা যায় যে, গত ০৮ জানুয়ারী শনিবার সকালে যশোর-ছুটিপুর সড়কের হালসা ব্রিজের কাছে দুর্বৃত্তদের ছুরিকাঘাতে লাভলী (৩০) নামে এক হিজড়া খুন হয়েছে।

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Concern about inadequate World Bank CSO engagement on key policy processes

JusticeMakers Bangladesh,and BIHR amongst with other Civil society organisations write to express their continued concern and frustration with the lack of adequate and substantive World Bank engagement on key policy processes, such as the IDA20 replenishment and Development Policy Financing retrospective. These processes are decisive pillars of the World Bank’s development assistance and lending policies in the post Covid-19 recovery context. Their design and implementation have a lasting impact on recipient countries across the world and it is the role of civil society to ensure that these processes are delivered in the public interest.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

LETTER to UNSG: United Nations Regional Human Rights Commission in Asia.

Mr. António Guterres
Secretary General
United Nations

Dear Secretary General Guterres,

As a recognized UN organization together with Asian organizations and individuals listed below, we are writing to ask that you do all you can to bring about a United Nations Regional Human Rights Commission in Asia.

Considering that Asia is so large and diverse, the continent poses considerable challenges for organizations and individuals within the region to develop a harmonised approach to prevalent human rights issues, collaborate together and coordinate any human rights issues.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

চট্রগ্রামে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী কিশোরকে নির্যাতন, নগ্ন করে ভিডিও ধারণ ও চাঁদা আদায়ের ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ উদ্বিগ্ন।

চট্রগ্রামে রিয়াজ উদ্দীন বাজারে গগন মার্কেটের দ্বিতীয় তলায় যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী গে কিশোরকে নির্যাতনপূর্বক নগ্ন করে ভিডিও ধারণ ও ব্ল্যাক মেইলিং করে চাঁদা আদায়ের ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বাংলাদেশ ইনস্টিটিউট অব হিউম্যান রাইটস (বিআইএইচআর) এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ গভীর উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করেছে।


একই সাথে উক্ত ঘটনার সাথে জড়িত অপরাধীদের দ্রুত গ্রেফতার পূর্বক দৃষ্ঠান্তমূলক শাস্তি প্রদানের জোড় দাবী জানিয়েছে বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ ।

Monday, November 15, 2021

Freemuse, BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh Joint call to end the investigation of band Meghdol

Image: Screenshot from Meghdol’s music video
 Esho Amar Shohore / Meghdol on 
YouTube

On 31 October 2021, the Metropolitan Magistrate Court ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate members of the rock band Meghdol three days after a legal complaint was filed against them for allegedly insulting “religious sentiments” during one of their performances.

“Investigating members of the band Meghdol over their music is in clear violation of the musicians’ human right to freely express themselves artistically,” said Gerd Elmark, Freemuse Interim Executive Director. “The right to freedom of expression is guaranteed by Article 19 of the ICCPR and should be protected. Artists should not be subjected to legal prosecution for their political beliefs or stances towards religion. We call on the Bangladeshi authorities to end the investigation against Meghdol.”

“We are gravely concerned over the incident of investigating members of music group Meghdol for hurting religious sentiment. […] Instead of constitution guaranteeing freedom of artistic expression as free-thinking, artists and activists are continuously facing obstacles and barriers to exercise their constitutional rights by state and non-state actors in Bangladesh. […],” said Shahanur Islam, Secretary General, Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and JusticeMakers Bangladesh. “We are urging the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to do everything in her power to ensure to drop the case against members of Meghdol after a full and impartial investigation into the reported case […].”

Thursday, November 11, 2021

CCBE urges for impartial investigation into attack against Lawyer Shahanur Islam!

The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) urges Prime Minister of Bangladesh H.E. Sheikh Hasina to do everything in her power to ensure that a full and impartial investigation into the reported attack is being carried out, with a view to bringing those responsible to justice in accordance with international standards, as well as to ensure the safety of lawyer Shahanur Islam and his family members, since they believe that the continuous harassment against Mr. Shahanur Islam is based solely on his legitimate activities as a human rights lawyer.

The CCBE also express its serious concern over the prosecution and continuous harassment of lawyer Shahanur Islam as well as draw attention to the United Nations Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, in particular Principles 16, 17 and 18 on Guarantees for the functioning of lawyers and Principle 23 on Freedom of expression and association.

Monday, November 1, 2021

BIHR Joint Statement: No Climate Justice without Debt Justice

The climate emergency is fuelling the accumulation of debt in countries in the global south.

Countries suffering from the worst impacts of climate change have contributed very little to it, yet they are facing more expensive borrowing costs because of their climate vulnerabilities. They are left with almost no option but to borrow to finance climate mitigation and adaptation, and fund reconstruction and recovery after an extreme climate event. Countries that have accumulated unsustainable debt levels have reduced fiscal space and opportunities to invest in adaptation and mitigation, as well as to recover from loss and damage from increasingly severe climate extreme events, slow onset events and environmental hazards. At the same time, climate finance - which should respond to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, as formulated in the 1992 Rio Principles to reflect historical climate debt - is being delivered mainly through loans and debt-creating modalities, placing the financial burden onto the shoulders of the global south.

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Shahanur Islam speaks on Deadly Religious Violence in Bangladesh

Advocate Shahanur Islam Saikot, Secretary General of JusticeMakers Bangladesh and Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights speaks with Radio Islam International, South Africa on Deadly Religious Violence Bangladesh.

To hear the interview please visit the link: 

https://radioislam.org.za/a/adv-shahanur-islam-saikot-hundreds-protest-in-bangladesh-over-deadly-religious-violence/


============================================================ Advocate Shahanur Islam | An Young, Ascendant, Dedicated Human Rights Defender, Lawyer and Blogger in Bangladesh, Fighting for Ensuring Human Rights, Rule of Law, Good Governance, Peace and Social Justice For the Victim of Torture, Extra Judicial Killing, Force Disappearance, Trafficking in Persons including Ethnic, Religious, Sexual and Social Minority People.

Sunday, October 10, 2021

BIHR Joint Statement on the Occasion of World Day Against Death Penalty 2021

As we mark the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty dedicated to women facing capital punishment, who have been sentenced to death, who have been executed or who have been pardoned or found not guilty, the members of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and allies of women sentenced to death take this opportunity to:

Thursday, July 1, 2021

BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh Joint statement: BUILDING BACK BETTER FOR STATELESS PEOPLE

In June 2020, JusticeMakers Bangladesh along with 84 other civil society actors issued a joint statement ‘In Solidarity with the Stateless’ calling on: States, UN agencies, human rights, humanitarian and public health actors, donors and the media to address the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on stateless people and those at risk of statelessness. One year on, the concerns expressed in that statement remain largely unaddressed, with the situation of stateless people further deteriorating, partly due to failures to acknowledge and respond to their specific contexts and uphold their rights. Moreover, new concerns and challenges, particularly around vaccine inequity, have also emerged. The 106 civil society actors, co-signatories to this statement, are deeply concerned that many States and other key stakeholders have been unable or unwilling to learn from past mistakes and have failed to adequately prioritise and resource the practical steps that can and must be taken to protect stateless people and the right to nationality.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh Celebrates Music Freedom day 2021

Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights along with its partner organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh and Human Rights Development Project, Khulna celebrates the Music Freedom Day 2021 at Naogaon and Khulna today on 03 March 2021. The celebration of music freedom day is coordinated and supported by Freemuse, Denmark. They celebrates the day in Bangladesh with human chain, rally, dissuasion meeting as well as performing open air stage show by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender artists

Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights along with its partner organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh and Human Rights Development Project, Khulna celebrates the Music Freedom Day 2021 at Naogaon and Khulna today. The celebration of music freedom day is coordinated and supported by Freemuse, Denmark. They celebrates the day in Bangladesh with human chain, rally, dissuasion meeting as well as performing open air stage show by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender artists.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Press release: Support for Colleague Shahanur Islam

This press release publish in Italian and English, from the Threatened Lawyers Observatory in support of the lawyer Shahanur Islam, defender of human rights.

Shahanur Islam is a lawyer, human rights defender, and blogger from Bangladesh. He is Secretary General and Honorary Executive Director of the Bangladesh Institute for Human Rights (BIHR) and founder of JusticeMakers Bangladesh. His work focuses in particular on minority rights, LGBT rights and cases of torture, killings and enforced disappearances by law enforcement.

Due to its activity, Islam has received many threats, has been attacked, hindered and even attacked, as well as involved in falsely constructed cases.

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Statement: Ensure the protection of Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam

TERRORIST ATTACK ON RIGHTS LAWYER IN BANGLADESH
Ensure the protection of Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam as well as ensure exemplary punishment of Md. Jahurul Islm, his son Jobayer Hossain and other culprits.

The Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers of the International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Paris Bar (Barreau de Paris), France, Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network, Soth Africa, South Asian Network for Refugees IDPs & Migrants (SANRIM), Srilanka , Twin Cities Nonviolent, USA, International CURE, Washington, DC, USA, Rights First International, UK, Free Trade Union Centre of Srilanka, Human Rights Alliance Bangladesh (HRAB), Bangladesh Centre for Human Rights and Development (BCHRD), Manab Unnayan Kendra (MUk), Meherpur, Bangladesh, Human Rights Development Project (HRDP), Kulna, Bangladesh, Plain Welfare Truth Foundation, Naogaon, Bangladesh, Law for Nation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nice Foundation, Khulna, Bangladesh, Amader Ain, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), JusticeMakers Bangladesh , Lawyers for Lawyers Bangladesh and others prominent international and national human rights and development expert and lawyers condemn the terrorist attack on human rights lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam in Bangladesh and call for exemplary punishment against the culprit after a quick and impartial investigation.

Thursday, August 27, 2020

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.

Monday, June 8, 2020

BANGLADESH: 25 International organizations and individuals condemn the murder of lawyer Asadul Hoque

The Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Lawyers for Lawyers Bangladesh and Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) condemn the murder of senior lawyer Mr. Asadul Hoque in Bangladesh and call for exemplary punishment against the culprit after quick and impartial investigation.