JusticeMakers Bangladesh protests and concerns over the attempt to expel homosexual teacher from the college in Dhaka's Dhamrai.

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has expressed its deep concern and anger over the attempt to expulsion of a sexual minority homosexual community teacher from the college on charges of homosexuality with students in Dhamrai, Dhaka.

At the same time, Justice Makers Bangladesh strongly demanded that the culprits involved in the incident should be bring before the book after quick and impartial investigation.

According to the news published in the online newspaper risingbd.com on November 2, 2022 AD, it is known that 30 students have written a complaint to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer against Aminul Islam, the senior lecturer of the geography department of Bhalum Ataur Rahman Khan Degree College in Dhamrai, Dhaka seeking remedy for homosexuality.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer and president of the governing body of the college, Hossain Mohammad Hi Joki formed a five-member investigation committee based on the students' complaints. Later, after receiving the statements of the victim students, another lecturer of the college, Habibur Rahman Habib, the head of the investigation committee, submitted the report on 3rd October.

Lecturer Habibur Rahman Habib said, 'what I found in the investigation cannot be expressed in words. After talking to the affected students we submitted the investigation report 20 days ago. I have found the truth of the complaints of the victims against that lecturer.

In this context, the acting principal of the college Main Uddin said, 'Students have written a complaint against that teacher to UNO'. As a result, he will decide on this matter. He did not complain to me.

Dhamrai Upazila Executive Officer Mohammad Hai Joki said, 'We have received complaints. It is in process. You will know the result soon.'

Founder Secretary General of JusticeMakers Bangladesh and eminent lawyer and gay rights activist Advocate Shahanur Islam has expressed strong protest over the attempt to expel the said teacher from college just because of being a sexual minority.

Besides, Advocate Shahanur Islam thought that the incident of inciting the students to file a complaint against the said teacher because of hiis being only sexual minorities is gender-based discrimination and a clear violation of the fundamental human rights declared by the United Nations.

He also said that 14 years ago, a teacher of the Islamic Education Department of Savar Model College, Ramzan Ali, was instructed to refrain from taking classes by inciting students to hold a march meeting and boycott classes last August due to allegations of homosexuality.

Moreover, in last May, Mizanur Rahman, a teacher of Pharmacy department of Barisal Institute of Health Technology, was given temporary suspension after he was accused of proposing homosexuality to students.

Advocate Shahanur Islam believes that those incidents are not an isolated incidents in Bangladesh, rather only a small part of the discrimination, murder, injuries and human rights violations committed against the homosexual minority throughout Bangladesh.

Advocate Shahanur Islam thinks that the people of the sexually minority homosexual community are constantly discriminated against and subjected to various human rights violations from family to society and from society to state, but most of them remain invisible to the public due to social unacceptability and intolerance.

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