Urgent PIL request to protect Bangladesh Minorities
Dhiman Chowdhury
Considering the urgent nature of issue regarding the continued onslaughts against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh, I request that HRCBM-Bangladesh immediately file a writ before Country’s highest institution of justice requesting the followings:
- 1.
Judicial
Enquiry: The PIL should request the court to form a “judicial bench” to
enquire with immediate effect on the allegations against political parties e.g.
Jamat and BNP for their alleged involvement on atrocities against minorities.
- 2.
Declaration
of “Crime Against Humanity”: Let the court accept the criminal offense (the
recent & prior onslaughts) against country’s minorities as crime against humanity under ICC statute
for which Bangladesh Supreme Court is a complementary organ and Bangladesh is a
state party.
- 3.
Punitive
Action & Compensation: Subject to Judicial Enquiry, the perpetrators of
crime and their collaborators, irrespective of party affiliations be held
responsible and in cases where involvement of political parties can be
established or allegation against them are founded/reasonable on the basis of
political interest on their direct or indirect incitement of violence against
minorities in the country, let the court collect compensation (in addition to stringent
punishment under the full extent of law) to rehabilitate affected people. The compensation
must be reasonable that counts in tangible and intangible losses.
- 4.
Instruction
to State: The state should be held as a party to allegation of it’s failure
to provide protection and immediate humanitarian services to the affected
people. Court thus should held state administrations accountable and
responsible for their inactions with full extent of law and instruct state to
provide adequate humanitarian services considering the matter as internal forced displacement. Henceforth,
instruction should spell out state party’s legal obligation under domestic and
international laws and thus clear order should be given to treat internal
displacement with utter importance declaring regional emergency in area affected.
- 5.
Legal
Protection from future attacks: Court should instruct the state to enact law
or constitutional amendment to bar future attacks against minorities. Such measure should be stringent and effective
in it’s implementation.
Dear Prof Roy and Trivedi Babu, I request that you kindly pass this email to lawyer to incorporate these items in the writ and immediately appeal to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. I do not think logistics to support such writ is an issue and thus, please consider it with utmost importance. I have talked with HRCBM-Sylhet to discuss this matter with you as Rakesh babu was readily available to answer the call. He is passionate to get this moving.
I am counting on your cordial help and leadership. Please impart the step moving forward, we should have this writ file by end of the week or early next week.
Hope to hear from you at the earliest.
Thanks
Dhiman Deb Chowdhury
Rajesh Patil
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