Urgent Action: Order by National Human Rights Commission regarding to case arbitrary arrest, maltreatment and harassment of Mr. Shahanur Islam, Executive Director, BIHR by Policemen.

National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh has taken the allegation regarding to case arbitrary arrest, maltreatment and harassment of Mr. Shahanur Islam, Executive Director,  BIHR  by Policemen as cognizance and today issues an order to commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to take proper action by impartial investigation by February 22, 2010.

URGENT APPEAL: Take control of the camp Ashraf before the residents are transferred to an EU country

Hon. Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-General

United Nations

sgcentral@un.org

sg@un.org

Dear Secretary-General,

Camp Ashraf in Iraq is residence to 3,400 members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) who have built it during the last 23 years.  Following occupation of Iraq, in 2004, the residents of Ashraf were recognized as 'protected persons' under the Fourth Geneva Convention. The deadly attacks on defenseless Ashraf residents in July 2009 - carried out by the Iraqi forces - have made the situation in Ashraf into an international humanitarian issue.

URGENT APPEAL: Take action - or I will

To  Kevin Rudd, Barack Obama, José Manuel Barroso, Brian Mikkelsen

Subject  Take action - or I will

Barack Obama, President of the United States

Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

CC: Brian Mikkelsen, Danish Minister of Justice

Faced with the unique opportunity to stop climate change in Copenhagen, world leaders offered instead an historic failure.  In sharp contrast, we and the world's environment, hunger, and justice groups are mobilizing the largest movement civil society has ever witnessed, to demand a fair, ambitious, legally binding climate treaty.

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION:Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

Human Rights Defender URGENT ACTION:Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT ACTION: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT APPEAL: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegally detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

URGENT APPEAL: Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been illegaly detained, ill treated and harassed by the police

FACT FINDING REPORT:Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been detained and ill treated and harassed by the police

Fact Finding Case: BIHR-HRD-07-09                      Date: December 23, 2009

Report of BIHR

Human Rights Defender & Lawyer Mr. Shahanur Islam has been detained and ill treated and harassed by the police

Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights has been received a report regarding to detained and victimized of ill treatment of Mr. Shahanur Islam, Executive Director of Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and also member of Bangladesh Bar Council as well as Dhaka district Bar Association on December 23, 2009 around at 3.30 pm at Kakrail Mosque Square Police Box by Ramna Thana Police. According to the information received, after more than 3 hours around at 6.30 Mr. Islam has been released by the interfere of BRCT stuff. Yet the police administration has not been taken any action on this regard.

GHRD’s partners in South Asia observe International Human Rights Day

On 10 December 2009, GHRD’s partners in South Asia organised different events to observe the International Human Rights Day under the theme of Empowerment and Civil Participation of Women and/or Children, with the aim to enhance civil society participation to empower and strengthen the identity and self-image of marginalised women in society. The activities of the partners are documented below reflecting the success of their actions and commitment in the field.

BIHR, BRCT, GHRD, NHRDA Jointly Celebrates the International Human Rights Day-2009