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Human rights issue may be put on SAARC agenda, hopes Amnesty chief
Amnesty International chief Prof Ross Daniels hoped that human rights would be put on the rescheduled SAARC sum mlt agenda for betterment of millions of people In the region, reports UNB.
Speaking as chief guest at a seminar at the Jatiya Press Club, he focused on flagrant human rights violation and resultant refugee problem across the world.
Prof Daniels, Chairman of the Executive Council of Amnesty International, cited Myanmar tn this region where, he said, gross violation of human rights by the government had been reported.
He touched on the Rohingya refugee problem Bangladesh is facing as a result of the situation in Myanmar. Some 2.65 lakh Myanmar Muslims have crossed Into Bangladesh.
According to the United Nations, there arc 70 million
refugees around the globe who are living in a distress condition. he said and disclosed that human rights were now being trampled in 60 countries.
The chief of Amnesty, a non government human rights watchdog, underlined the need for regional and international cooperation in securing human rights for teeming millions of the world.
"Human rights are the birth rights of every human being,” the Australian-born Professor told the seminar held in observance of World Human Rights Day yesterday.
Referring to the Chittagong Hill Tracts issue, Prof Daniels said Amnesty had Information on gross human rights violation there. He hdped the democratic government would take effective steps to secure human rights for every individual.
He urged the government
to ensure proper application of the antl-terrorfsm law, enacted to check violence-related offences.
Organised by Amnesty International Bangladesh, the seminar was also addressee by Barrister Ahmed Lutfar Rahman Sahjahan, Mohammad Kamaluddin and Mohammad Ataur Rahman.
Barrister Lutfar said torture in police custody in our country is a glaring example of human rights violation. Particularly. women and children tn custody are the victims, he added.
Those arrested under the Anti-terrorism Act could be interrogated anytime and at any place, he said. It is a denial of human rights, he observed.
He said humanity should be given priority to secure human rights of thousands of maid servants in the country, he said.