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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: Bangladesh: Monthly Human Rights Report (March 2010)


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Bangladesh: Monthly Human Rights Report (March 2010)


Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD)
Monthly Human Rights Report
Bangladesh, March 2010
 

 

Bangladesh made history this month when becoming the first South Asian country to ratify the ICC Rome Statute (International Criminal Court) on the 23rd of March. GHRD welcomes this important step towards promoting international justice. However, during the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Election held on the 24th and 25th of March none of the four minority candidates, one of them being GHRD’s local observer Mr. Rabindra Ghosh, was selected. There were three panels from different political affiliations including Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Several incidents of religious attacks that occurred during the month bore witness to the rising tension between the different religious groups in Bangladesh.

Permission Paper, Given by DC of patuakhali to meet with the victim in safe custody of Patuakhali Jail.

FACT FINDING REPORT:A HINDU MINORITY COMMUNITY ADOLESCENT GIRL ABDUCTED AND GANG RAPED BY A GROUP OF MUSLIM JUBO DAL CADRE


Type of Violation                : Women and Children Repression
Type of Act                          : Abduction and gang rape
Investigation conducted by: Adv. Shahanur Islam Saikot, Executive Director, BIHR, Md. Rafiquel Islam Hawlader, Fact-Finding Officer, BIHR and Md. Firoz Hossain, Social Worker, BIHR
Date of investigation         : March 26 to 30,  2010

Identity of the victim:
Name                                                 :Anju Rani Das (16), C/o: Amullo Chandra Das
Age at time of event:            :16 years
Under 18                               :Yes
Citizenship                            :Bangladeshi
Religion                                 :Hinindu        Cast:               Kayesto (Das)
Home address                     :Vill: Kuakata, P/s: Kolapara, Dist: Patuakhali; at present: Village: Dharandi, P/s and District: Patuakhali
Consent:                                : Consent of the victim has been taken to proceed with
 the case

Thursday, March 4, 2010

URGENT ACTION: Take prompt action against allege polices who are involve with the issue FATOWA regarding to mandatory wearing BORKA


MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: By GHRD(Feb 2010)




Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD)
Monthly Human Rights Report
Bangladesh, February 2010

 
The 8th of March 2010, marks the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD), which is celebrated worldwide. It was launched by the UN in 1913 as a means of promoting and protecting the equal rights of women globally. Incidents of violence against minority women, such as rape and abduction, were reported during February, in Bangladesh. In most of these cases the perpetrators were in a more powerful position than the victims as they were members of law enforcement agencies or political parties. Highly corrupt legal institutions is one of the main causes for the lack of a proper protection system for Bangladeshi citizens and women’s marginalised situation in Bangladesh, due to religious traditions, social injustice, thus making them more vulnerable. The widespread impunity in cases regarding violence against women encourages these continuous violations. There is still a high level of sexual harassment in Bangladesh, which is detailed in Odhikar’s month report. For example, there was an incident reported about a Dalit woman who was raped by a policeman.

Monday, March 1, 2010

URGENT APPEAL:Bangladesh: A 15-year old indigenous girl gang-raped

Date: 1-3-2010,

The Hague, The Netherlands

URGENT APPEAL: Bangladesh: A 15-year old indigenous girl gang-raped [UA-BA-01.03.2010]
                                                                                     
ISSUES:  Rights of minorities, personal integrity, abduction; gang-rape


Dear Friends,

Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) is very concerned regarding the news we received from the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) about the gang-rape of an indigenous 15-year old girl.
The girl was abducted outside of her home, on the 26th of February, by five local Bengali leaders at Bandra village in Moddhonagar police station under Sunamgong district, according to their investigation. The girl was taken to a nearby river where she was repeatedly raped until she became unconscious. When she was found later that evening she was still unconscious. On the 27th February the girl’s family tried to lodge a complaint against the perpetrators at Moddhonagar Police station, but the officer in charge refused to file it.

GANG RAPE:A Fifteen year old indigenous girl from the Hazong community was gang raped: Victim & her family members are being intimidated to withdraw the case.

A fifteen year old indigenous girl from the Hazong community has been gang raped by a gang of local Bengali lechers at Bandra village in Moddhonagar police station under Sunamgong district. On 26 February 2010 around 6.30 pm, Angoli Hajong, daughter of Shailon Hazong was abducted while washing her face at the tube well in front of her house. Her family at the time was engaged in their daily chores outside of the house. She was taken to the baank of nearby Moheskhali River tighten her mouth by towel (Gamsa) and repeatedly raped mercilessly. The alleged perpetrators are Al Amin, Shimul, Nirob, Mojnu and Alamgir.  The perpetrators left her there when she became unconscious.