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***

Monday, January 28, 2013

Gov't of Bangladesh Should Recognise Rights of the LGBT People!


Belgium: December 08, 2012 
Human Rights of LGBT persons are not  recognize in Bangladesh. They are abused, discriminated, arrested and tortured  simply because of who they are or who they are perceived to be, stated by Mr. Shahanur Islam, a Bangladeshi human rights defender and founding secretary general of the newly established organization JusticeMakers

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Gov't of Bangladesh Should be Decriminalize Homosexual Acts!

The Heage: December 08, 2012
"Gov't of Bangladesh Should be constitutionally recognize sexual (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), ethnic minority community people & decriminalize homosexual acts immediately"- Mr. Shahanur Islam, founding secretary general of newly establish human rights organization JusticiceMakers

Friday, January 25, 2013

FACT FINDING REPORT: Life of human rights defender, lawyer, blogger, journalist & writer is under risk

Dhaka: December 08, 2012
Mr. Shahanur Islam @ Saikot, founding secretary general of JusticeMakers Bangladesh, legal & human rights editor of the monthly Bengali magazine “Doyel” as well as member of the “Bangladesh Bar Council”and district “Bar Association of Dhaka” has been victimized in different occasions due to his activities to publish report on

Monday, January 21, 2013

Economical Consequence of Torture

Advocate Shahanur Islam
Torture perpetrated by the law enforcing agencies is common phenomena and widespread in around the globe. Every year a hundred thousand of people face torture severely by law and security personnel, resulting threat to the democracy. When a person is tortured severely, then that person suffers from various complications and

Thursday, January 10, 2013

URGENT APPEAL: Ensure the security of Mr. Islam along with his family

Amsterdam, 21 December 2012
The Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (“Stichting Advocaten voor Advocaten”) is an independent and non-political foundation which seeks to promote the proper functioning of the rule of law by pursuing freedom and independence of the legal profession. The Foundation does this by supporting lawyers worldwide who are