JOINT STATEMENT: BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh express their deep concern about the disturbance in the area over the love of a sexual minority lesbian girl in Lakshipur.

Bangladeshi human rights organizations Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) and JusticeMakers Bangladesh have expressed their deep concern over the recent chaos about the incident of same-sex love and marriage of two homosexual lesbian teenagers came to light in Lakshipur district.

BIHR and JusticeMakers of Bangladesh strongly demanded that the accused persons involved in endangering the personal safety and security of the sexual minority lesbian teenagers in Sadar Upazila of Lakshipur district by exposing their love and marriage incidents should be quickly identified, arrested, and impartially investigated, and the perpetrators should be given exemplary punishment at the end of a speedy and transparent trial process. .

According to the news published on 16 September 2022 in the online newspaper Rising BD.com, it is known that there has been a commotion over the ' homosexual love ' of two girls in Lakshmipur. After getting married in 2021 through a notary public, information was leaked after one and a half years. Discussion and criticism is going on in the area.

প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি: লক্ষিপুরে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী লেসবিয়ান কিশোরীর প্রেম নিয়ে এলাকায় তোলপাড়ের ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশে এর গভীর উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ।

সম্প্রতি লক্ষিপুর জেলায় দু’জন সমকামী লেসবিয়ান কিশোরীর সমকামী প্রেম ও বিয়ের ঘটনা প্রকাশিত হওয়ার এলাকায় তোলপাড়ের ঘটনায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান বাংলাদেশ ইনস্টিটিউট অব হিউম্যান রাইটস (বিআইএইচআর) এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ গভীর উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করেছে।

বিআইএইচআর এবং জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ লক্ষিপুর জেলার সদর উপজেলায় যৌন সংখ্যালঘু সমকামী লেসবিয়ান কিশোরীর প্রেম ও বিয়ের ঘটনা প্রকাশের মাধ্যমে তাদের ব্যক্তিগত নিরাপত্তা হুমকির মুখে ফেলার সাথে জড়িত অভিযুক্ত ব্যক্তিদের দ্রুত চিহ্নিতপূর্বক গ্রেফতার করে নিরপেক্ষ তদন্তের মাধ্যমে দ্রুত ও স্বচ্ছ বিচার প্রক্রিয়া অন্তে দায়ীদের দৃষ্ঠান্তমূলক শাস্তি প্রদানের জোড় দাবী জানিয়েছে।

Bangladeshi Human Rights Lawyer Shahanur Islam Received Repeated Death Threats!

Shahanur Islam, a prominent human rights lawyer and gay rights campaigner in Bangladesh received repeated death threats SMS over his mobile phone.

Recently on 25th August and 6th September 2022, he received separate two death threats messages along with his wife and kid over his mobile phone. 

On 25th October 2022 around at 10:17 pm BST, Mr. Islam received threats message in English language over his phone from an unidentified number. The message states that if you don’t stop fighting aims to establishment of homo sexual rights in BD, immediately you will be killed along with your family members brutally.

JOINT STATEMENT: BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh extremely concern over the order to refrain from taking classes to the homosexual teacher of Savar Model College.

Human rights organizations BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh have expressed extreme concern and protest over the order not to take classes to a homosexual teacher of Savar Model College.

BIHR and JusticeMakers Bangladesh believe that because of being a teacher of  homosexual nature, refrain him from taking classes is a clear violation of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, due to students protest patronized by the homophobic people.

On 28 and 29 August 2022, the news published in various electronic and print media revealed that the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) has ordered Ramzan Ali, a homosexual teacher, to refrain from taking classes due to continued students' agitation in Savar Model College.

JusticeMakers Bangladesh concerns over the arrest of lesbian girl in Meherpur

The human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has expressed deep concern and anger over the filling false and fabricated case of kidnapping against a sexual minority lesbian girl and sent to her to jail custody in Meherpur to prevent homosexuality.

At the same time, JusticeMakers Bangladesh has strongly demanded that the all culprits involved in the incident to be given exemplary punishment after investigated quickly and impartially.

According to the news published in the online newspaper Deshdarpan.com on 30 June 2022 AD, the mother of one lesbian girl filed a kidnapping case in the name of one lesbian girl to prevent the homosexuality of two girls in Meherpur. Mujibnagar Police Station arrested a young lesbian girls named Tanya Khatun (21) in this incident last Wednesday (June 29). The detained girl is the daughter of Mubarak Ali of Gaurinagar village of Mujibnagar upazila. Later she was sent to jail custody through the court.