- Desk report: The Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Lawyers for Lawyers Bangladesh and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) condemn the murder of senior lawyer Mr. Asadul Hoque in Bangladesh and call for exemplary punishment against the culprit after quick and impartial investigation.
He was killed after his throat was slit when the murderer entered his house while he was preparing to go to the mosque. Late the police went to the location, recovered the body and arrested one of the perpetrators.
The killing of a lawyer is not an isolated incident in Bangladesh. Rather the killing, harassment, intimidation, and physical attacks against lawyers are common phenomena in Bangladesh.
The Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR), JusticeMakers Bangladesh, Lawyers for Lawyers Bangladesh and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), as well as other organizations and individuals around the world, condemn the murder and call for exemplary punishment of the culprit after quick and impartial investigation by the committee headed by a justice of the High Court division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh..
We also call upon the Bangladeshi authorities to ensure the physical, psychological and financial integrity of the family members of the deceased.
Furthermore, we urge the government of Bangladesh to ensure the protection of all lawyers from all kinds of violence, harassment, threats and other forms of violence in Bangladesh in the exercise of their professional duties.
ADDITIONAL SIGNATORIES:
Mohammad Alamgir, Advocate, Judge Court, Dhaka Bangladesh
Naorin Amina, Student, University of Rajshahi Bangladesh
Gill H. Boehringer, Former Dean, Macquarie University School of Law, Sydney Australia
Martin S. Flaherty, Leitner Family Professor of International Human Rights Law, Fordham Law School, New York USA
Patrick Henry, Lawyer, Brussels Belgium
Biplob Karmakar, RTI activist & columnist, Cumilla Bangladesh
Md.Morshedul Islam, Advocate, Judge Court, Sirajganj Bangladesh
Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, New York USA
Binoy Krishna Mallick, Executive Director, Rights Jessore. Jessore Bangladesh
Saif ul Malook, Advocate, Lahore Pakistan
Adv Al Mamun, Judge court Naogaon, Bangladesh
Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers, International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL)
Khodadad Khan Pitu. President, District Advocate Bar Association, Naogaon Bangladesh
Observatoire international des avocats en danger
Dr. KP Pradeep, Lawyer, Kochi India
Ole Reitov, Independant expert on artistic freedom and human rights. Copenhagen Denmark
Stuart Russell, Canadian lawyer, Australian law professor and administrative judge (retired), Bordeaux France.
Shahanur Islam Saikot, Human Rights Defender, Lawyer & Blogger, Bangladesh
Veerawit Tianchainan, Thailand
