BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF HUAMAN RIGHTS URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME
URGENT APPEAL CASE: (Update) BIHR UA-2007-06-03
DATE: June 03, 2007
ISSUE: Arbitrary arrest and detention; abuse of preventive detention under the state of emergency ==================================
URGENT APPEAL BANGLADESH: Ensure the immediate release and proper treatment of the General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.
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Dear Friends,
Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has received updated information of alleged arbitrary arrest and detention under the Special Power Act (SPA), 1974 from Bangladesh. We were informed that Mr. Abdul Jalil, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League party as well as the Former Minister of Trade Affairs, was arbitrarily arrested on 28 May 2007. The victim is currently being detained in preventive detention under section 3(1) of SPA. The BIHR is deeply concerned that political activist is being subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention by the caretaker government after the state of emergency was declared in January 2007.
