Human Rights : A Joke

'' Human Rights : A Joke ''

by Kuldip Ghosh and Rubayet Ferdous

Violation of human rights is now a hot topic in Bangladesh. But despite the fact that this breach involves government management, nobody has yet spoken out in opposition. So, if anyone, even human rights organization come to protest against them, the Police, RAB and other government administrative sectors may put them down forever. 

We, the common people, are the ones who endure this agony the most, and no one will step up to assist us because the principal offenders are those who ought to have stood by our sides. The government has to take serious actions against them as soon as possible. Without any proof, the police and RAB abduct regular individuals and never let them return home. No one knows what they do to them. If someone truly wants justice, they will kill the victim and set up the case such that the victim is made out to be the primary offender. Such violation has to be stopped. Innocent people are getting killed day by day, who will take their responsibility? Who will come forward to speak for them?

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The government has implemented various laws in recent years that limit the work of HRDs and are used to muzzle government critics, journalists, attorneys, and political opponents. The Foreign Donation (Voluntary Activities) Regulation Act 2016 empowers government officials to inspect, monitor, and evaluate the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their members, and it requires anyone receiving foreign contributions to obtain approval from the NGO Affairs Bureau. As a result, several organizations have had to close or cease operations.

Now torture, ill-treatment and enforced disappearances is occurring regularly. Media people are being harassed and even among the good people in the culprit sector are also getting kicked out because they don’t want to obey the evil. What will happen to our next generation if this goes on? This is not a matter to ignore.

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The human rights organizations now can’t even fight against such odds. It’s because they suffer same faith as we do. They face pressure from the administration as well. Besides they don’t have the power or resources to raise voice against the abuses. That makes things more horrible. People’s sufferings know no bounds. We all understand who is at fault. But we are unable to comment And that is the most frustrating thing. We witness, act, and suffer. It is fundamental responsibility of the state to address human rights violations. It is difficult for the non-government human rights organizations to work in this regard without support and cooperation of the executive and the judiciary. Corrupted officers are the main reason of such tyranny. The government has to put some more attention in those sectors. Corruption is the root of the violation of human rights and this is not a new topic to us. 

Ours in a developing country. But where is development in law and enforcement sectors? Where are the safety of people who worked to day and night to make the country prosper? We all are the victims here and the culprits are so powerful that we can’t even protest against them. We are all citizens of a free country but we do not have free rights of speaking.