JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over the physical abuse of trans-woman beauty vlogger in Dhaka.

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers has expressed concern over the recent incident of holding captive, black mailing and physical abuse of a beauty vlogger transgender woman in Dhaka. It also urges to the government of Bangladesh to immediate action against culprits who were involved with the heinous crime against transgender woman and bring the culprits before the book and give exemplary punishment after quick and impartial investigation.

According to the news published on different newspaper that transgender beauty vlogger Saad Mua has claimed that she was held captive by a man and a woman in Dhaka's Bashundhara residential area recently and brought allegations of blackmail, physical and verbal abuse.

Based on her complaint made to police, a case was filed at Vatara Police Station against the accused on Friday.

In her police complaint, Saad claimed that the man and the woman, whom she met on January 10 at a restaurant in Bashundhara area, later invited her to their house for lunch. When she went to their house, the accused allegedly held her captive, snatched her bag and cellphone, and also tortured her.

Sajedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Vatara Police Station, said that if the allegations are found to be true, then legal action will be taken against the accused.

Saad Mua is a popular vlogger for her videos on beauty care, including makeup tutorials.

JusticeMakers Bangladesh’s founder secretary general, a prominent lawyer and LGBT rights campaigner Advocate Shahanur Islam is aggrieved with the said incident of violation and asked the police authority to arrest the culprits as soon as possible.

Advocate Shahnur Islam believes that the incident of said violation is not an isolated incident in Bangladesh; rather violation and discrimination against LGBT people including transgender women are widespread all around the country.

Advocate Shahanur also thinks that though the government of Bangladesh has recognized transgender as third gender and has took some initiative to socially rehabilitated, but those are not sufficient and fruitful.

Furthermore, Advocate Shahanur thinks that the LGBT community people including transgender's are facing discrimination and others form of human rights violation in home to society and society to state. Most of those incidents of violations are remained behind due to social unacceptability and intolerance as well as existing section 377 of Bangladesh Penal Code, which is discriminatory against LGBT people.

Finally, Advocated Shahanur Islam demands to repeal the discriminatory section 377 of Bangladesh Penal Code and enact law of protection of LGBT people in Bangladesh ensuring constitutional recognition.

============================================================ 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.