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HUMAN-RIGHTS-PROTECTION (with picture)
Collective efforts to protect human rights stressed
RAJSHAHI, Sept 10, 2018 (BSS) – Concerted efforts of all government and
non-government entities concerned has become crucial to protect human rights
as a whole as every person deserves the rights constitutionally, said
speakers at a discussion here today.
All of us should feel about significance of human rights in the society and
work together for its enforcement as there’s no alternative to protecting
human rights to ensure people’s welfare.
They made this observation while addressing a meeting styled “Seventy Years
Founding Anniversary Celebration of Universal Human Rights Declaration and
Human Rights-related Film-show” at Hotel Warrisan in Rajshahi city.
Ain-o- Shalish Kendra (ASK), International Film Festival and Forum on Human
Rights and Paribartan jointly organized the meeting in association with
Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh and United Nation Human Rights.
Chaired by ASK Executive Director Sheepa Hafiza, Christopher Fuchus, Charge
the Affairs of Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, and Mia Sheppo, Resident
Coordinator of UN Mission, shared their remarks on the issue as guests of
honour.
Executive Director of Nijera Kori Khushi Kabir, Professor ANM Wahid from
Department of Law and Professor Bokhtiar Ahmed from Department of
Anthropology of Rajshahi University, Senior Programme Officer of Swiss Agency
for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Sabina Yeasmin Lubna also spoke.
In her ramarks, Sheepa Hafiza viewed that establishing transparency and
accountability in every spheres of life including politics and civic-service
sector could be the effective means of ensuring human rights to all.
She said the human rights situation should be improved collectively and
the young generation can play vital role in this regard.
Sabina Yeasmin Lubna told the meeting that SDC is working to ensure water
rights of 68,000 ethnic minority people (Santal) through its Integrated Water
Resource Management Project (IWRM) project in greater Rajshahi district since
2014.
More than 120 people comprising students, members of the civil society,
journalists, human rights, development and cultural activists, religious
leaders and ethnic minority people joined the meeting and many of them took
part in its open discussion.
BSS/AH/FI/ 1420 hrs