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JS body opens talks to stop detention without trial

Staff Correspondent
A parliamentary body yesterday opened talks on how to stop detention without trial and torture inflicted by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, violating human rights and the fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitutions.
While scrutinising the proposed bill on national human rights commission, the parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry began the discussion and decided to sit again, meeting sources said.
"We discussed the issues of unlawful detention and alleged torture and harassment by the law enforcement agencies. We will discuss more to propose inclusion of any provision in the bill to prevent meeting.
Matin Khasru, also former law minister, said they are also discussing the power, jurisdic-
tion and formation of national human rights commission to make it more effective. He said the bill will be passed in the current session of the parliament.
Talking to The Daily Star, another member of the committee, Advocate Rahmat Ali, said they are pondering over ways to protect human rights.
"If we can make a legal provision, no lawenforcement agencies can torture people by taking them under their custody," Rahmat Ali said after the meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
Three reports were also placed at the committee meeting on the status of legal framework on protecting human rights in Germany, France and the UK. The members of the parliamentary body prepared the reports after their visit to the coun-national human rights commission to take action against violation of human rights, the immediate past caretaker
government set up a national human rights commission after promulgation of an ordinance to this effect.
But the ordinance ceased to have effect on February 25 making the national human rights commission dysfunctional, as the ordinance was not ratified in the parliament within the specific timeframe.
Later, the AL-led government, however, placed a bill in the parliament on the contents of the defunct ordinance with a view to enacting a law for continuation of the human rights commission.
Earlier, a sub committee headed by Matin Khasru placed its report recommending increased salaries, allowances and benefits for the judges of Supreme Court and the lower courts.
It suggested increasing the retirement age of judges of
per the constitution to determine the eligibility of the Supreme Court judges for appointment.