{"id":984,"date":"2013-09-12T12:56:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T12:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/?p=984"},"modified":"2013-09-12T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T12:57:18","slug":"felanis-father-sends-letter-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/2013\/09\/12\/felanis-father-sends-letter-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Felani’s Father Sends Letter to ASK | Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Felani\u2019s father seeks justice<\/a><\/h1>\n

Writes to Indian high commission<\/h2>\n

Staff Correspondent<\/h4>\n
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Failed by an Indian court, Felani\u2019s father yesterday posted a letter to the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh seeking justice for his daughter\u2019s murder by the BSF.
\nIn the letter, Mohammad Nurul Islam said no BSF member accused of killing her daughter has received any sort of punishment ever since the murder was committed on January 7, 2011.
\n\u201cAs a Bangladeshi citizen, I believe that since the members of Indian Border Security Force are directly involved in the murder of my daughter, the Indian government and its people are liable for it. I demand the Indian government and its people must ensure proper punishment to those involved in the murder of my unarmed daughter, Mosammat Felani Khatun, as well as provide the right compensations for her untimely death,\u201d read the letter.
\nThe Daily Star has obtained a copy of the letter.
\nA special court in the Indian state of West Bengal on September 6 ruled that BSF constable Amiya Ghosh was not guilty of shooting Felani. He was the lone accused in the murder case.
\nThe 15-year-old girl was shot dead by BSF soldiers while she along with her father was scaling over the barbed wire fences at Anantapur border point in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram to return home from India, where she studied in a madrasa.
\n Copies of the letter were sent to rights organisations Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) in Bangladesh and Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) in India.Md Nur Khan, director of investigation and documentation unit of Ask, confirmed that they have received an electronic copy of the letter over email.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll provide all sorts of legal assistance to the victim\u2019s family in this regard and cooperate with Masum in its efforts to provide legal aid to Felani\u2019s family for seeking justice,\u201d he added.
\nThe legal help may include, among other things, finding eye witnesses to the murder or providing documents, if any, of receiving the body of Felani.
\n\u201cIf needed, we\u2019ll also contact other rights bodies in India to ensure that justice is served,\u201d mentioned Khan.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Border Violence Statistics | ASK Documentation Unit\u00a0 | \u00a0<\/a>Jan – June 2013\u00a0\u00a0 (Click to View)<\/p>\n

Scale down the militarisation <\/a><\/h2>\n
September 11, 2013 by Tribune Editorial<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

The BSF DG\u2019s comment that drones could be deployed along the India-Bangladesh border, if necessary, suggests a possible escalation in militarisation which is worrisome<\/em><\/p>\n

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Responding to border killings <\/a><\/h2>\n
September 10, 2013 by Md Ariful Islam<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

There is an old saying that you can change your wife whenever you want but you cannot change your neighbour.<\/em><\/p>\n

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No justice on the border <\/a><\/h2>\n
September 8, 2013 by Tribune Editorial<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

The not guilty judgment in the Felani killing case is a travesty and does nothing to assuage concerns that India gives its BSF (Border Security Force) impunity to shoot Bangladeshis.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dhaka protests Felani killing verdict <\/a><\/h2>\n
September 8, 2013 by Tribune Report<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

Indian authorities need to take appropriate steps to ensure justice for the killing of Felani, the national human rights body and home minister said separately on Saturday<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tragic end to a welcome decision <\/a><\/h2>\n
September 6, 2013 by Muktasree Chakma Sathi <\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n

BSF man \u201cnot guilty\u201d in Felani killing case – another frustrating decision by the judicial authorities of the sub-continent<\/em><\/p>\n

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