BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF HUAMAN RIGHTS URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME
URGENT APPEAL CASE: BIHR UA-2009-05-01
ISSUE: Human rights Defender; Threats and Intimidation
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DATE: May 18, 2009
BANGLADESH: Ensure the security of human rights defender; investigate cases of intimidations and bring the culprits before the justice.
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Dear Friends,
Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights has been received a fact-finding report conducted by the high level team of BIHR regarding to intimidation of Mr. Shahanur Islam, Secretary General and Executive Director of the Bangladesh Centre for Human Rights and Development (BCHRD), Coordinator of Centre for Human Rights Fact Finding & Research (CHFR), Programme Manager of Legal and Human Rights Affairs at the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT), as well as a member of the Bangladesh Bar Council and Bar Association in Dhaka District by the Filed Officer of (Sub Inspector Level Official) of Directorate General Forces of Intelligence (DGFI), while he was waiting for speaking with Media men after filing a petition case on charging attempt to murder by torturing with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM) Dhaka against three men including a Major of Army. According to the information received, there was no action taken by the police authorities. BIHR urges your intervention asking concerned authority to ensure the protection of his life as well as conduct impartial and credible investigation to bring the culprit before the justice.