Update

***French President Hosts Reception for Human Rights Defenders at Élysée Palace***Human Rights Lawyer Shahanur Islam Joins Hands with ARDHIS for Bangladeshi LGBTQI Asylum Seekers in France***New Platform to Fight Discrimination Against LGBTQI+ Community in Bangladesh***Human Rights Advocates Meet with French Ambassador to the Council of Europe ***Bangladesh Needs to Make Further Progress Towards Gender Equality***JusticeMakers Bangladesh calls for justice and protection for religious minorities in Bangladesh***French Human Rights Ambassador Honours HR Defenders at Paris***JusticeMakers Bangladesh is deeply concerned over the harassment against student of Islamic University in Bangladesh***JusticeMakers Bangladesh urges to withdraw the ban of Prity's book "Jonmo O Jonir Itihas" immediately***JusticeMakers Bangladesh expresses deep concern, condemnation and protest over the vandalism 14 Hindu temples in Thakurgaon***JusticeMakers Bangladesh deeply concern over the threat of crossfire to the lawyer Aminul Gani Tito in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the attacked on CEO of BELA***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerns over the disappearance of lawyer in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Urges Immidiate Release of Arrested Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over viciously attacked on lawyer Abdur Rashid Mollah at Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh gravely concerned over attacked on indigenous people at Bogura***JusticeMakers Bangladesh welcomes the decision of Metropolitan Magistrate to acquit four Transgenders in Dhaka***JusticeMakers Bangladesh Protests and concerns Over the Abduction and Torture of Two Trans-women in Meherpur***Shahanur Islam attended the 21st World Summit on Participatory Democracy at Grenoble, France***

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.

Friday, October 22, 2021

হাতিরঝিলে দম্পতির ওপর হিজরা চক্রের হামলা

রাজধানীর হাতিরঝিলে ঘুরতে গিয়ে হিজরাদের একটি চক্রের মারধরের শিকার হয়েছেন এক দম্পতি। এতে ভুক্তভোগী যুবকের কান ও মাথায় গুরুতর জখম হয়েছে। তার পরনের কাপড়ও ছিঁড়ে ফেলে তারা। শুক্রবার, ২২ অক্টোবর সন্ধ্যার দিকে হাতিরঝিলের বেগুনবাড়ি মোড়ে এ ঘটনা ঘটে।

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: