Stand for Justice

The Stand for Bangladesh has expressed concern over US sanctions and the future of UN peacekeeping missions around the world The United Kingdom-based human rights group  Stand for Bangladesh  has expressed concern over the recent US sanctions against Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and its seven officers and a letter from 12 international human rights organizations demanding to ban RAB in UN peacekeeping missions. The 'Stand for Bangladesh' organized a discussion meeting on behalf of the UK expatriates against disappearances, extrajudicial killings and human rights violations by the Bangladesh government and law enforcement agencies. Barrister Abu Bakar Mollah, International Lawyer and Political Analyst spoke as the Chief Guest at the event presided over by Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan, Chairman of the organization and conducted by Secretary Md. Toriqul Islam. In his speech, the chief guest Barrister Abu Bakar Molla, said that the present Awami...

Bangladesh: No Space for Dissent – Bangladesh’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online Online meeting by Amnesty International Date: 23 August 2021 at 06:15 PM I, Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan, Chairman of London based Bangladeshi Human Rights Organisation  Stand for Bangladesh , attended a Human Rights programme in the UK organised by Amnesty International. We discussed that Bangladeshi authorities have imprisoned at least 433 individuals under the country’s draconian Digital Security Act (DSA), according to the country’s Department of Prisons as of 11 July 2021. Most of these prisoners or at least 185 individuals are held for allegedly publishing offensive and false information online. More than 1,300 cases have been filed against about 2,000 people under Bangladesh’s draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) and nearly 1,000 people have been arrested since the law was enacted in October 2018. An analysis of print and online news by Amnesty International shows that more than...

Human chain in London demanding the release of Jamaat-e-Islami leader and Ex-MP Shahjahan Chowdhury On 16 December 2021, on behalf of  Stand for Bangladesh at Altab Ali Park in East London, we demanded unconditional release of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Chittagong Metropolitan Nayeeb-e-Ameer, Central Shura Member former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury, who was unjustly arrested in Bangladesh on 15 May 2021. I, Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan, as a Chairman of Stand for Bangladesh , conducted this Human Chain Program along with human rights activists. I said that the government was trying to inflict revenge on Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh by seeking revenge. Bangladesh government has killed the central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami in the name of war crimes to be pleased a section of the people. We want to make it clear through today's human chain that Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami believe in the independence and sovereignty of the country. At the sam...

An online protest rally was held in London condemning the arrest of Shibir leaders and activists in Dhaka, Bangladesh The UK based human rights organization Stand for Bangladesh has recently condemned and protested the unjust arrest of 05 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir (BICS) from a mess (student accommodation) in the capital Dhaka on 09 December 2021. Stand for Bangladesh Chairman Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan presided over the programme, and Md Toriqul Islam conducted this online meeting. Many activists provided the speech in this meeting, including Vice President Karim Mia, Media Secretary Md. Aminul Islam, Cultural Secretary Raihan Chowdhury, ERI Secretary-General Nowshin Mostari Mia Shaheb, Md. Istiaq Hossain, Md. Alam Ahmed, Ali, Md. Panto, Abdus Samad Khan, Md. Shahjalal Chowdhury, Md Asadul, Md Hasan, Md Abu Taher, Md. Ryan Uddin, Md Ashraful Quddus, Abdul Baki and Chowdhury Tahmina Rahman, among others. In the meeting, I, Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bha...

A protest meeting was held in London over the killing of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami activist by Police in Bangladesh On March 2, 2020, a Jamaat-e-Islami activist Hafez Nazrul Islam was shot dead in police custody in Amanulahpur village of Begamganj Upazila in the Noakhali district in Bangladesh. On 05 March 2020, I in the initiative of London-based human rights organization ' Stand for Bangladesh ', set up a protest meeting in east London. I, Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan have chaired as a Chairman of the organization. Besides, journalists, intellectuals and human rights activists of various electronic and print media were present. Mr Syed Zakaria recited the Holy Quran at the beginning of the protest meeting. I, as a Chairman of Stand for Bangladesh  Stand for Bangladesh , said that on 02 March 2020 Jamaat activist Hafez Nazrul Islam was arrested and shot dead in the darkness of night. Hafez Nazrul Islam was reportedly killed in crossfire in various medi...

We condemn the attack on the National Daily Sangram editor Abul Asad Date: 20 February 2020 at 05:30 am We have arranged an Intellectual Seminar on 'Human Rights: Perspective Bangladesh' was held on February 20, in the initiative of  "Stand for Bangladesh" ' , a London-based human rights organization founded by Bangladeshi migrant youth in the country. I have chaired as a chairman of Stand for Bangladesh. Besides, journalists, intellectuals and human rights activists of various electronic and print media were present. Organizing secretary Mohammad Masudul Hasan recited from the Holy Quran at the beginning of the seminar. As a Chairman of Stand for Bangladesh, I said that currently in Bangladesh, there is no democracy, rule of law and human rights. On December 13, 2019, a senior veteran journalist and the daily Sangram editor Abul Assad was attacked by the barbaric Student League and terrorists of Muktijudda Moncho in his own office at Mogbazar. I...

We condemn against the Police arrests on 45 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists from a picnic spot in Dinajpur, Bangladesh Saturday, 21 December 2019 I am making the following statement on 21 December 2019 protesting and condemning the unjustified arrests of 45 Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists from a Picnic spot in Dinajpur including Jamaat’s Joipurhat district Ameer Fazlur Rahman Sayeed, district Secretary Maulana Ghulam Kibria, Panchbibi Upazila Jamaat Ameer Mustafizur Rahman and Secretary Maulana Suzaul Islam. “Police have unjustifiably arrested 45 Jamaat leaders and activists from a Picnic spot in Dinajpur. I am vehemently protesting and condemning the incident. These 45 Jamaat leaders and activists went to the ‘Shopnopuri’ Picnic spot, situated under Nababganj Upazila of the Dinajpur district just for the purpose of entertainment and recreation. It was not a political program at all. But police arrested them to harass them politically. They have no reason to detai...

Dhaka University student rape incident: we demand exemplary punishment of the rapist We are protesting and condemning the brutal rape incident of a Dhaka University student in Kurmitola on Airport Road. “I am severely condemning and protesting the brutal rape student of a Dhaka University student in Kurmitola on Airport Road, which took place on Sunday night. I have no word to condemn the incident. In recent times, the incidents of torture and rape against women and children have increased alarmingly. According to a report of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), 1413 women were raped in 2019; the number of victims was 732 in 2018. Besides, 76 women and children were murdered following the physical assault and rape. 10 women and children committed suicide after they the experienced worst ever experience of their lives. But in reality, the number of victims and casualties are significantly higher. At present, public life and properties are not safe. Family members are passing time in worry ...

Human Rights delegates meet with Jamaat-e-Islami UK and Europe spokesperson Barrister Abu Bakor Mollah - (November 1, 2019) A delegation of emerging Human Rights activists and social media activists paid a courtesy call to Abu Bakor Molla, a spokesman for Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami UK and Europe, at his Canary Warf's own office on Friday evening. At that time, they have discussed the overall political situation of Bangladesh, the non-democratic conduct of the present Awami League government, the chaos of the judicial system and the naked interference of the government and the recent case at the Supreme Court witnessed by the rented people as they said that they were seen him the alleged crime from 6 miles, 5 miles and a half miles away for the execution of ATM Azharul Islam (Former Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami) by the Government of Bangladesh, all online activists abroad and Human Rights activists under surveillance by the intelligence, etc. were discussed. Af...

London-based expatriate Bangladeshi human rights organization 'Stand for Bangladesh' has condemned and protested on December 7 2019 on behalf of the Bangladeshi expatriate Bangladeshis on December 6 in sharp condemnation and protest of the brutal attacks and vandalism of terrorists and abuses of the country's senior journalist and editor of the Daily Sangram. The chairman of the organization and former Student leader Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan presided over the meeting and was presided over by Secretary Md. Tariqul Islam was the chief guest at the protest. Besides, the protest meeting was organized in presence of local and foreign journalists including TV channels of Bangladesh. Chairman of the Stand for Bangladesh said, "I do not know the language of condemning the savagery and brutality of the terrorists who attacked an elderly senior editor, Abul Asad, on Friday, December 13 2019." The struggle surrounds the office. But, the police did not take any act...

Protest meeting held in London against the death sentence of Assistant Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, ATM Azharul Islam and the deteriorating law and order situation in the country. Mr ATM Azharul Islam , Assistant Secretary-General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to death by a Supreme Court majority judgment in a false case filed by the government. In protest of the verdict, on Sunday 8th November 2019, London-based expatriate Bangladeshi organization 'Stand for Bangladesh' organized a protest meeting on behalf of the expatriate Bangladeshis at Altab Ali Park, in East London. Expressing deep concern, the chairman of the Stand for Bangladesh said the court could not confirm the legacy fair trial. Where there is a prosecution and judicial misconduct, the court cannot make such a disputed judgment to make happy a group. He complained that the government was forcing judges to vacate the leadership of the country and to single-handedly rule in j...

Dhaka University Central Student Union (Dakshu) VP Nurul Haque Noor and his followers have been attacked by Awami League cadres as a chairman of the London-based expatriate Bangladeshi human rights organization 'Stand for Bangladesh' I Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhuiyan condemns strongly.  Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhuiyan said Daksu VP Nuru was being attacked one after another.  He has been killed and his fingers broken.  Numerous meritorious students have been subjected to brutal attacks.  Farabi, a talented student of Dhaka University, is fighting to save VP Nur.  All of them have one crime, they have spoken for the country.  They are patriotic.  The speakers added that the illicit government is working for the service of India.  The common people and meritorious students of college and university have to be subjected to torture and murder if they open their mouths against them.  This anti-national force has also killed Abar.  The not...

I, Mr Mohammad Mazharul Islam Bhayan condemn and protesting the arrest of 20 Shibir activists unjustly from the Quran class in Brammonbaria district, in Bangladesh. We organised (A London-based expatriate Bangladeshi expatriate 'Stand for Bangladesh') a protest meeting on Saturday, December 7th in Altab Ali Park, east London, to protest the arrest of 20 activists and unlawfully arrested from the Quran class in Brahmanbaria.  I am a Chairman of the Stand for Bangladesh, I said the government had chosen the path of oppression and conspiracy by using state power by failing to address the student body ideologically.  On December 7, the police had unjustly arrested 20 activists from a mosque in Brahmanbaria without any reason.  Following the wrongful arrest, the police have spread the word of Jihadist book recaptured by innocent Shibir activists.  The arrests have been unfairly planned, as well as fully planned and arranged in their statement.  The Qur'a...

Bangladesh is witnessing a disturbing spate of mob lynching incidents in the last two days, sparking concerns from rights activists concerning lawlessness in the country. Without proper awareness campaigns against mob justice, incidents of lynching continue on a regular basis as five people were killed across the country on one day alone. Even though law enforcement is supposed to prevent people from being vigilantes, human rights campaigners raised allegations that security forces often do not intervene in such situations and blame them for the failure in protecting people. The incidents of mob beatings first came to light when six students were killed on the night of Shab-e-Barat in Borodeshi village near Aminbazar in Savar, Dhaka, on July 17, 2011.  Very recently, on Saturday, five people were beaten to death while several sustained injuries after angry mobs attacked them suspecting them to be child kidnappers. In Dhaka, a woman was killed by locals on suspicion of b...

Protests on for justice over Rifat murder: Several thousand people from all walks of life staged a peaceful demonstration in Barguna on Saturday demanding justice and immediate arrest of main suspects in the murder of Rifat Sharif. Rifat was hacked to death in public in the district headquarters on June 26 in front of his wife Ayesha Siddiqua. The couple were married two months ago. The protestors feared that the issue of killing might get politicised due to connections of the suspects with the ruling party, so they urged the government to make sure that justice was done. The protestors brought out a procession that paraded through the main streets of the town.  The police officials, meanwhile, claimed the motive of the killing was ‘personal’ but said they continued operations in search of the suspects named in the First Information Report lodged by Rifat’s father Abdul Halim Dulal Sharif. The police and Rapid Action Battalion, meanwhile, arrested two more suspects in...

Nurse's rape and murder in Bangladesh: Where is the Human Right? The rape and murder of a nurse in Bangladesh just weeks after a female student was burned to death has sparked ongoing protests and renewed calls for greater protection for women in the South Asian country. Shahinoor Akhter Tania, 24, who worked as a nurse in a hospital in Dhaka, according to a medical report, was raped and pushed off a bus, while heading towards her hometown in Kishoreganj, about 100 kilometres away, on Monday. The police have since arrested five individuals but are still investigating the incident. Tania’s death comes as the country is still reeling over the killing of Nusrat Jahan, a student burnt to death last month for not withdrawing a sexual harassment complaint, according to the police, leading to protests calling for women’s safety. “We should be treating this as something of the highest national priority, not just in terms of arresting people but in terms of making sure anoth...

NUSRAT AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN BANGLADESH Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a 19 year old girl studying in a religious seminary in Bangladesh was doused in kerosene and burned to death for reporting sexual harassment by her madrasah headteacher! Sexual harassment, abuse and rape in Bangladesh do not get reported by victims or their families for fear of reprisal. Nusrat has proven this with her life. When her madrasah headteacher tried to touch her inappropriately she escaped and reported the incident to the police. Instead of offering Nusrat safety and security the disgraceful police officer recorded her interview on his mobile phone and passed it on to the media. She was blamed for reporting the incident and society ostracised her. He family stood by her and demanded justice. She was even denied the right to sit her exams in her school. Eventually when she managed to enter the school again, a group of fellow pupils took her to the school building’s roof. They told her that her fr...