JusticeMakers Bangladesh welcomes the decision of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate to acquit four Transgenders in Dhaka.

Human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has expressed its heartiest welcome for the recent decision of learned Metropolitan Magistrate Devdas Chandra Adhikari to acquit four transgender who were falsely accused of extortion.

Simultaneously, JusticeMakers Bangladesh demanded immediate and appropriate compensation for the arbitrary arrest and detention of those sexual minority transgender people in Bangladesh whose fundamental human rights were violated.

Shahanur Islam attended the 21st World Summit on Participatory Democracy at Grenoble, France

 

Bangladesh human rights activist and lawyer Advocate Shahanur Islam attend the 21st World Summit on Participatory Democracy held in 7th to 10th December 2022  at Grenoble, France.

More than 600 participants from over 60 countries shared and discussed democratic renewal, climate justice and participatory methodologies at the world summit of cities for democracy.

Law Society of England and Wales Raises Concerns Over Threats to Bangladeshi Lawyer Shahanur Islam

The Law Society of England and Wales, a professional body representing approximately 200,000 solicitors, has expressed deep concerns regarding the ongoing threats and harassment faced by Bangladeshi lawyer Shahanur Islam. On 16 November , in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, the Law Society called for immediate action to safeguard Mr. Islam and uphold the rule of law.

Shahanur Islam serves as the Secretary General of the Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights and Justice Makers Bangladesh. Throughout his career, he has been an ardent defender of the rights of ethnic, religious, and LGBTI minorities, as well as opposition politicians. Regrettably, he has been a target of multiple threats, intimidation, physical assault, and arrest dating back to 2008.

JusticeMakers Bangladesh congrats the sexual minority transgender woman for being elected as a member of union council in Kushtia!

Bangladeshi human rights organization JusticeMakers Bangladesh has congratulated and wished the transgender woman Payal Khatun for being elected as a female member in Kanchanpur Union Parishad (UP) of Sadar Upazila of Kushtia district of Bangladesh.

 

According to the news published by Voice of America's Bengali section online on November 4, 2022, Payal Khatun, a transgender woman elected as a member of the Union Parishad in Kushtia district of Bangladesh and she is the first elected public representative of the third gender in Kushtia district.

কুষ্টিয়ায় যৌন সংখ্যালঘু রূপান্তরকামী মহিলা ইউনিয়ন পরিষদে সদস্য নির্বাচিত হওয়ায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশের অভিনন্দন ও শুভকামনা!

বাংলাদেশের কুষ্টিয়া জেলার সদর উপজেলার কাঞ্চনপুর ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ (ইউপি) নির্বাচনে সংরক্ষিত মহিলা সদস্য পদে যৌন সংখ্যালঘু রূপান্তরকামী নারী পায়েল খাতুন নির্বাচিত হওয়ায় মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠান জাস্টিসমেকার্স বাংলাদেশ অভিনন্দন ও শুভকামনা জানিয়েছে।

গত ৪নভেম্বর ২০২২ তারিখে ভয়েস অব আমেরিকা এর বাংলা বিভাগের অনলাইন মাধ্যমে প্রকাশিত খবর অনুযায়ী জানা যায় যে, বাংলাদেশের কুষ্টিয়া জেলায় নির্বাচিত ইউপি সদস্য যৌন সংখ্যালঘু রূপান্তরকামী নারী পায়েল খাতুন কুষ্টিয়া জেলায় তৃতীয় লিঙ্গের প্রথম নির্বাচিত জন প্রতিনিধি।