7th March 2011
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
Chairperson
National Human Rights Commission of India
Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg
New Delhi-110001
INDIA
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E-mail: chairnhrc@nic.in
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Dear Chairperson of NHRC of India,
Bangladeshi Prisoners is in very inhuman situation at Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal
Human Rights organization Christian Development Alternative (CDA) brings to your notice a case of continued injustice and harassment of Bangladeshi Prisoners who are in very inhuman situation at Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal.
We get informed about the alarming conditions of Bangladeshi prisoners suffering at Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal form the news reported by journalist Mr.Subrata Acharjee which was published on Bangladeshi Daily News paper The Daily Kaler Kantha dated on 6th March 2011.
From the News we came to know that there are 33 Bangladeshi prisoners in six beds with out adequate treatment and sleeping facilities. They are ill treated by the hospital authority. The prisoners in hunger strike on demand of coming back to their mother land.
This is the second time; we came to know about the alarming incident about the Bangladeshi prisoners languishing in Indian jails. Previously journalist Mr.Subrata Acharjee reported about the hunger strike of Bangladeshi prisoners in different prisons of West Bengal dated on 13th June 2010 which was duly published Bangladeshi Daily News paper The Daily Kaler Kantha.
We get noticed about the alarming situation of Bangladeshi prisoner languishing in different prisons of west Bengal and we appeal to the National Human Rights commission of Bangladesh referring the news and the commission issued an order to Home and foreign secretary to take proper initiative to bring back Bangladeshi citizens.
On the basis of order we have communicated with Indian High commissioner to Dhaka H.E. Mr Rajeet Mitter to take diplomatic intuitive to bring back Bangladeshi prisoners to Bangladesh. But the high commission ignored the matter of urgency.
We request that:
a. Take all necessary measures to guarantee, in all circumstances, the physical and psychological integrity of Bangladeshi prisoner at Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal.
b. Ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Bangladeshi prisoner and send them to Bangladesh immediately as they have gone through time on which they were sentenced.
c. Put an end to any act of harassment, including at the judicial level, against Bangladeshi prisoner Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal as well as other prisoner on hunger strike in different jails of west Bengal.
d. Comply with the provisions of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 9, 1998, in particular Article 1, which states that "everyone has the right, individually or collectively, to promote the protection and fulfilment of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the national and international levels", as well as Article 12.2, which provides that "the State shall take all necessary measures to ensure the protection by the competent authorities of everyone, individually or in association with others, against any violence, threats, retaliation, de facto or de jure adverse discrimination, pressure or any other arbitrary action as a consequence of his or her legitimate exercise of the rights referred to in the present Declaration";
e. Guarantee the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms in accordance with the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments ratified by India.
f. I also urged you to conduct impartial and independent investigations about the ill treatment toward Bangladeshi prisoners at Raygonj State General Hospital in west Bengal.
We hope, you will take urgent steps into this matter.
Yours sincerely,
William Nicholas Gomes
Executive Director
Cell:+8801974440666
CC.
1. Shri Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
2. Dr. P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs
3. Justice Kapadia, Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court
4. Justice K. G. Balkrishnan, Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission of India
5. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations
6. Mr Rajeet Mitter, High Commissioner of India to Dhaka
7. Mrs. Sheikh Hasina,Prime Minister Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
8. Mr. A. B. M. Khairul Haque,Chief Justice Supreme Court of Bangladesh
9. Barrister Shafique Ahmed, Minister,Ministry of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs
10. Mrs.Dipu Moni, Minister,Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh
11. Prof. Mizanur Rahman, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
12. Mr. Tariq Ahmad Karim, High Commission for the People's Republic of Bangladesh to New Delhi
13. Mr. Syed Masud Mahmud Khandaker, Deputy High Commission for the People's Republic of Bangladesh,Kolkata
News:
1.http://www.kalerkantho.com/print_news.php?pub_no=451&cat_id=1&menu_id=14&news_type_id=1&index=10
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