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***

Friday, December 16, 2011

Minority Rights in South Asia in focus at Brussels conference

Shahanur Islam  and Taslima Nasrin 
The Netherlands based organisation Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) held a conference entited ”Protecting Minority Rights in South Asia” at the EU Parliament in Brussels on Thursday 8 December 2011 – the international human rights day. It was organised in collaboration with Cecilia Wikström, Member of the European Parliament representing the Swedish Liberal Party, and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Committee of the European Parliament.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ এর মহাচিব ও নির্বাহী পরিচালকের দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার সংখ্যালঘু মানবাধিকার রক্ষা বিষয়ক আন্তর্জাতিক কনফারেন্সে যোগদান


আন্তর্জাতিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান গ্লোবাল হিউম্যান রাইটস ডিফেন্স(জিএইচআরডি), দি হেগ, নেদারল্যান্দডস এর আমন্ত্রণে বাংলাদেশের বিশিষ্ট্য মানবাধিকার আইনজীবী ও জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ এর মহাচিব ও নির্বাহী পরিচালক এডভোকেট শাহানুর ইসলাম দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার সংখ্যালঘু মানবাধিকার রক্ষা বিষয়ক আন্তর্জাতিক কনফারেন্সে যোগদান করেন গ্লোবাল হিউম্যান রাইটস ডিফেন্স(জিএইচআরডি)এর আয়োজনে বেলজিয়ামের রাজধানী ব্রাসেল এ অবস্থিত ইউরোপিয়ান পার্লামেন্টে গত ৮ ডিসেম্বর সংখ্যালঘু বিষয়ক এই আন্তর্জাতিক কনফারেন্স অনুষ্টিত হয়

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

NEWS: GHRD Symposium: Grassroots protection of minority rights

Mumbai, 7 November 2011
GHRD successfully concluded its three day symposium: grass roots protection of minority rights, in Mumbai, India in November 7 . The symposium brought together 25 local partners, NGOs, journalists, and lawyers from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh active in the field of human rights, on the issues of human trafficking, Dalits, and religious and indigenous rights.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

খবরঃ জুম্মা ছাত্রদের শান্তিপূর্ণ মিছিলে পুলিশি নির্যাতন

The news of Fact finding report on 22 Jumma Student has been beaten and tortured by the policemen during a peaceful demonstration demanding constitutional recognition has been published on the monthly Doyel.

Friday, October 14, 2011

NEWSLETTER: GHRD's Monthly Newsletter

Volume 7:67, September 23 2011.The Hague
During August and September GHRD has been busy kick starting some amazing events: our international campaign FIGHT MODERN SLAVERY and the Grundtvig project “Building bridges for a multicultural Europe” here in The Hague.


High on the human rights agenda was the torture of 22 minority students in Bangladesh during a peaceful demonstration and the safety of our human rights defenders.