Category Archives: Intervention

ASK’s Writ Petition Against Custodial Death of Sultana Jasmine

A Writ Petition was filed in May on the High Court division of Bangladesh Supreme Court against the death of Sultana Jasmin under RAB custody. ASK has become a party…

Establishing Right’s of the Hindu Women in Bangladesh: High Court’s Ruling

A petition was submitted by Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), and several other rights organizations, including Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), Naripokkho, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP), Manusher Jonno…

The Spirit of Never Giving Up: Taking up Challenges to Defend Human Rights

Shamsunnahar (57), for nearly half of her life, has been working as a woman human rights defender and a field staff member of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). She limps…

ASK files writ on the selling of weapons and arms used during liberation war

The arms and weapons used during the Liberation War of 1971 are now ‘old, obsolete and ineffective as a weapon to be used during a war’. Citing these reasons, the…

A Young Mother With Speech Impairment and Her Daughter’s Rehabilitation

Laila (pseudonym) is a person with speech impairment. Back on 26 May 2008, she was rescued by the Tangail patrol police and kept in a public shelter home at Mirpur…

Sumaiya Returns After 12 Years

Back in 2008, Sumaiya, a student in her 1st grade, got lost while she was on her way home from her school. While she was roaming lost on the street,…

Gold Medalist Female Weightlifter Raped by Office Assistant of Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation

Maliha (Pseudonym), a 17 years old teenager, used to live with her family at a small village at Noyagao, Cumilla. Due to poverty, she could not continue her studies beyond…

Student Rasel Mia Lost His Eyesight by Bullet Shot of Indian BSF

Md. Rasel Mia (14) of Kurigram who sustained rubber-bullet injuries in firing by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while grazing the cattles near the border area inside the territory…

Anisur Rahman of Satkhira alleged to be killed in anti-drug drive

On 29 May 2018, the dead body of alleged drug dealer Anisur Rahman (45) had been found in a field near pacca road of Pislapur village of Kushodanga Union, Koloroa…