The Hague, the Netherlands, January 19th, 2011
Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) is deeply concerned about
the recent incident of physical assault and threats of Mr. Shahanur Islam,
BIHR’s Executive Director and lawyer in Bangladesh.During an investigation on
the 9th of January, 2011 Mr. Shahanur Islam and his two fact-finding officers
were physically attacked, threatened and looted all their valuable belongings
in Thakurgaon district.This incident is unfortunately one of many that has
taken place over