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BHRC Human Rights Report on September 2016
Total 175 persons killed in September, 2016

Human Rights Report:
The documentation section of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) furnished this human rights survey report on the basis of daily newspapers and information received from its district, subdistrict and municipal branches. As per survey it appears that 175 peoples were killed in September, 2016 in all over the country. It proves that the law and order situation is not satisfactory. Bangladesh Human Rights Commissions extremely anxious about this situation. In the month of September, 2016 average 5.83 people were killed in each day.
The Law enforcing agencies and related Govt. departments should be more responsible so that percentage of killing may be brought down to zero level. To institutionalize the democracy and to build human rights based society the rule of law and order must be established everywhere. Through enforcing rule of law only such violation against human rights can be minimized.
It appears from documentation division of BHRC:
Total 175 person killed September, 2016
Political killing 9, Killing for dowry 7, killing by family violence 18, Killed due to social discrepancy 35, Killed by Law enforcing authority 11, Killed due to doctor negligence 4, Assassination 7, Mysterious death 71, Killed due to BSF 4, Women & Chilled killed due to rape 6, Kill due to abduction 3.
Killed by several accidents: Killed by road accident 380, Suicide 23
Besides victims of torture: Rape 33, Torture for Dowry 11, Sexual Harassment 9.

Hasina-Modi crucial meeting in Goa Oct 16

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have a crucial bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Goa on October 16, where they are likely to decide their attendance in the upcoming Saarc Summit.
The meeting is likely to decide the fate of the November Saarc Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November, a diplomat told UNB on Saturday.
There is already "cloud" over the summit following recent tensions between India and Pakistan, while the last two ministerial-level meetings witnessed poor representation from Bangladesh and India, said another diplomat wishing to remain anonymous.
The recent interviews given by Bangladesh High Commissioner in New Delhi Syed Muazzem Ali to Indian media also indicate the importance of the meeting between the Bangladesh Prime Minister and her Indian counterpart, the diplomat said.
The Prime Minister will visit India on October 15 to attend an outreach meeting at the 8th BRICS Summit to be held in Goa on October 15-16.
"Perhaps, at the Goa outreach event, the two Prime Ministers (Hasina and Modi) can also discuss their attendance at the forthcoming Saarc Summit in Islamabad," said Muazzem Ali while talking to Indian media recently.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is yet to take any final decision over her participation in the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) though a section of media reported that she will not be attending, officials said.

IHRC USA Conference-2016

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International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) New USA Chapter organised a Human Rights Conference on 28 September, 2016 at 3:00PM of Jackson Heights New York, USA.
IHRC International Secretary General Dr. Saiful I. Dildar was present the conference as a Chief Guest.
Md. Sharif Ahmed Laskar IHRC USA National President & BHRC New York State Governor preside over the conference.
Enr. Kazi Rezaul Mustafa, President of National Executive Committee of BHRC, Md. Mahbubul Alam Executive President of BHRC Greater Mirpu Regional Branch were present the conference as special guest.
M.K. Zaman Choudhury, General Secretary, IHRC USA National Chapter inauguarate the conference.
 

Malala Yousafzai demands world leaders to guarantee schooling for all refugee children

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'You give education to the children of these families and you guide them and you make their future,' says the Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Malala says the situation is especially precarious for young women refugees who are less likely to receive secondary schooling than their male counterparts
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has urged world leaders to guarantee all refugee children access to a full 12-year education.
She said the move is necessary to avoid a lost generation as the planet struggles with the largest number of displaced peoplesince the Second World War.
The question of how to deal with over 21 million refugees tops the agenda at this month's 71st Session of the UN General Assembly.
And Malala said that because more children than ever are spending their school years as refugees, education is crucial.
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"It's not just giving attendance, a bit of food that will protect these families in the future, it is also education. You give education to the children of these families and you guide them and you make their future," she told The Associated Press from her home in Birmingham.
Malala, now 19, became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in 2014 when she was recognised for her advocacy of the right of all children to education.
 

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Konitsa Refugee Camp protests in northern Greece
This is a collaborative article, written by a Syrian refugee minor with additional information from the refugee communities of Konitsa Refugee Camp, Greece
At the start of September 2016, I - along with thousands of other Syrians currently living in refugee camps - took part in street protests, peaceful sit-ins, strikes and marches in the cities where the camps are throughout the whole of Greece. You may not have seen information about the strikes or protests in the news. It is difficult for us - with little support, contacts and power - to get the information about this out, to talk directly to the people of Europe. We have kindly been given this platform in openDemocracy in order to address you, the people of Europe, directly.
We have been demonstrating because we need to ask for three things: (1) that the EU opens the Greek borders; (2) that better care is provided for refugees such as ourselves in the camps; and (3) that we be treated with dignity - as human beings, not as animals - and that we are able to achieve a future where we can live as we hope, in peace and in dignity.
The most important aim of the strikes and protests is to send the message to the Greek government and the EU that we need you to open the border, to let us into the rest of Europe. Everyone of us is asking that the borders be opened, or else that you find other ways for us to continue our journey. We recognise that there are steps being taken to reunite families and help minors trapped here without their parents or families - through the UN relocation and family reunion programme - but it is slow and we do not know how long it will take before we will see our families and loved ones again. As such, it has to be made faster.
Secondly, we need the camps to take better care of us. If you saw some of the camps in Greece, you would see that many of the camps are not able to provide even the basics: food, clothes, money..
 

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Govt to respond UNESCO concern next week
 

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The government will respond by next week to a report sent by UNESCO requesting it to conduct a revised Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) before going ahead with the Rampal power plant.
State Minister for Power, Energy and mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told this to journalists on Sunday after inauguration of a workshop in Bidyut Bhaban in the city.
"The government is conscious about the preservation of the Sundarbans since it is our national resource," he said. After a visit by a three-member reaction mission team from the United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a report was sent to the government last month, seeking a specific assessment of the potential impact of a thermal power plant near the Sundarbans and the dredging of the Pashur river, sources said.
The construction work of Rampal power plant will not be suspended despite the advice of UNESCO, the minister also told the journalists.
"The construction will continue since the government has not yet reverted its previous state," he said.
The remarks of the junior minister came against the backdrop of a UNESCO report that suggested the government to cancel the Rampal project. The scheme has been taken to build a 1320 MW coal-fired power plant at a site near the Sundarbans.
The government was also requested to submit a revised EIA report with the advice note of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) before advancing with the physical work of the power plant.
Bangladesh and India are jointly implementing the project despite strong opposition from local environmental groups. Indian power company BHEL has been awarded a contract to set up the plant.

HC orders BB to confiscate Tamapco owner's bank account

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The High Court on 26 September 2016 ordered Bangladesh Bank (BB) to confiscate the bank account of factory owner of 'Tampaco Foils' which was ravaged by a fire on Septemner 10, leading to the death of at least 39 people.
An HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Ashish Ranjan Das passed the order.
The court also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned why the victims of 'Tampaco Foils' fire will not be provided with compensation.
The court ordered that the money would be withdrawn from the owner's bank account only to provide salary and compensation to the workers of the factory.
The court also asked the central bank to submit reports in every two-month interval on which sector the money for the confiscated bank account would be spent.
Earlier the court fixed today to pass its order on a writ petition filed seeking its directives to provide compensation for the victims of the 'Tampaco Foils' fire and take necessary steps to arrest those responsible for the incident.
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Ain O Salish Kendra and Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) filed the writ petition on September 19.
Thirty eight people were killed and 40 others injured as a devastating fire raged through 'Tampaco Foils' factory fire in Tongi BSCIC Industrial area in the early hours of September 10.
Two cases were filed in connection with the devastating fire incident.

PM confers 'Bangladesh Liberation War Honour' on Pierre Trudeau

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over the "Friends of Liberation War Honour" award to Pierre Trudeau's son and Canada's incumbent PM Justin Trudeau after her bilateral talks with him at Hyatt Regency Montreal, Quebec on September 16, 2016.
The Bangladesh government awarded the honour to Pierre Trudeau for his outstanding support and contribution during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
 

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