Bangladesh: labour leader beaten, arrested

Event
Country
  • Bangladesh
Initial Date
Aug 27, 2022
Event Description

Pritam Das, a leader of the tea workers movement and the organizer of the Rashtra Shongskar Andolon was involved in a protest demanding a daily wage of Tk 300 for the tea workers in Srimangal, Sylhet. On 27 August 2022, Pritam Das was attacked during a solidarity rally of tea workers at Chaumohana in Srimangal. On 4 September 2022, Chhatra League activist Mahbubul Alam Bhuiyan filed a case under the Digital Security Act with Srimangal Police Station against Pritam Das for allegedly „hurting religious sentiments‟. He was arrested by the police on 9 September.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
  • Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
  • Judicial Harassment
  • Violence (physical)
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
  • Right to healthy and safe environment
  • Right to liberty and security
HRD
  • Labour rights defender
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Perpetrator-Non-State
  • Non-state
Source

Three-month human rights monitoring report on Bangladesh - July-September 2022 Event shared by FORUM-ASIA member Odhikar

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 24.31124098084899

Longitude: 91.72548014668574

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 27 August 2022, Pritam Das, leader of the tea workers movement and the organizer of the Rashtra Shongskar Andolon, was beaten during a solidarity rally by supporters of the ruling party, and arrested by the police days under the draconian Digital Security Act in Srimangal, Bangladesh.