JusticeMakers Fellows: Shananur Islam
Posted by International Bridges to Justice at Oct
Mrs. Kolpone, a 36 year-old woman and mother of a ten year-old girl, was arrested in July 2009 by the Paltan police station in Bangladesh, alleging that she had stolen two gold bangles along with some money. Although the police were not able to recover any of the stolen goods, she was put into custody. […]
Symposium Grass root protection of minority rightson
Posted by Shahanur Islam at Mar
JusticeMakers Bangladesh – Advocate Shahanur Islam, Founding Secretary General Representing his newly established organization, JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Advocate Shahanur Islam discussed the organization’s target groups: ethnic, religious, social and sexual minorities, and victims of torture and extra‐judicial killings. Mr Islam mentioned key future goals to be: building a strong network for minorities in Bangladesh and building up the networking capacity […]
2010 JusticeMaker Shahanur Islam publishes flyer
Posted by Shahanur Islam at Jun
In preparation for a community information session that he will conduct in the near future, JM 2010 Shahanur Islam recently republished a brochure about human rights standards in Bangladesh. As the head of the Bangladesh Institute for Human Rights (BIHR), Shahanur first designed the brochure several months ago, in preparation for a door-to-door campaign to […]
Shahanur Records Another Success in his Bid to Free Bangladesh from Torture
Posted by Shahanur Islam at Jan
In his continuing bid to end torture in Bangladesh, JusticeMaker Shahanur Islam Saikot, has offered legal aid to ethnic and racial minorities in and around Dhaka. His latest case is the story of Shila Mollick, a housewife tortured by the police for reporting a crime. On January 04, 2011 Justices A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury […]
JusticeMakers Inspire Each Other via Skype
Posted by thalusa at Dec
Following the success of the inaugural JusticeMaker conference call with partners from South Asia and the Caucasus, Thomas Halusa (Singapore) and Wouter Krujis (Geneva) organized a second call in order to give another group of JusticeMakers the opportunity to be inspired by the progress of their colleagues’ projects. The conference call took place on 26 […]
