Bangladesh: labour leaders held by the police ahead of planned protest
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Mar 10, 2022
- Event Description
On 11 March 2022, the Khalishpur-Daulatpur Jute Mill Joint Factory Committee announced a protest rally in Khulna City demanding the launching of state-owned jute mills, payment of arrears and withdrawal of cases filed against Khalishpur Jute Mill workers. On the day before the programme, at around 2:30 pm on 10 March, the police came on an easy bike to the road adjacent to Khulna Circuit House, in plainclothes, and picked up Monir Hossain, President of Khalishpur-Daulatpur Jute Mill Joint Factory Committee and Organizing Secretary of Khalishpur Jute Mill Workers Union. Monir Hossain informed Odhikar that when he asked them for the reason behind his arrest, the police abused him. He was first taken to the Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) office and later detained at the Boyra Police Outpost. He wanted to drink water but he was not given water till half past two at midnight. Alamgir Kabir, General Secretary of the Committee, was also arrested from the Khalishpur Jute Mill gate at around 8:00 pm on 10 March. Both were taken to Khalishpur Police Station on 11 March at noon. After 29 hours of detention, they were released on 11 March at around 7:00 pm. Monir Hossain also informed Odhikar that they had called a meeting in front of the Khalishpur Jute Mill gate on 15 March with the same demand but the police did not allow them to assemble.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Vilification
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to political participation
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 22.816316572262338
Longitude: 89.56392399974771
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On, 11 March 2022, Monir Hossain and Alamgir Kabir, labour union leaders, were arbitrarily picked up by the police, abused and detained for over a day ahead of a planned protest to demand arrears payment and withdrawal of cases filed against the workers in Khulna, Bangladesh.