57 Bangladeshi workers were jailed for various terms for protesting the killings in the quota reform movement in Dubai. The government has appointed lawyer Olora Afrin for their release.
This information was revealed through a notice signed by Mission Chief Muhammad Mizanur Rahman on Monday (August 12). The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy will help lawyer Olora Afrin in this regard.
Earlier it was informed by the Foundation for Law and Development (FLAD) that they are providing legal assistance to 57 Bangladeshi workers sentenced to prison.
Barrister Kazi Maruful Alam, Director of Law and Research Department of FLOOD, said that while providing legal assistance to these workers, we came to know that none of these workers were aware of the laws of that country. Advocate Zakia Akhter working as a consultant in United Arab Emirates was contacted by Flood to free these patriotic workers. He contacted the Bangladesh Embassy about bringing out Bangladeshi workers connected with Flood. In the meantime, two law firms in the United Arab Emirates have also been contacted through him. In addition, a letter has been sent to the Solidarity Center, Amnesty International, Human Rights Commission in Geneva on behalf of Flood for assistance. In this regard Fawzia has assured to provide all legal assistance to Karim & Associates and Flood.
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These workers were tried and sentenced within 48 hours and the Bangladesh Embassy did not play any role in helping them, due to the ongoing political unrest in the country. At present, for the assistance of those workers, Advocate Zakia Akhtar asked the Bangladesh Embassy to know the case number against the workers, they said that they are working on this matter on priority basis. But no visible results have been seen yet regarding the release of the workers. Therefore, the human rights organization FLOOD is drawing the attention of the concerned department of the current government.
“On behalf of the Foundation for Law and Development (FLOAD), we are committed to providing the best possible legal assistance to these prisoners,” Flood’s statement said. If you are a family member or know someone who is, please contact us. We stand by them in this challenging time, we are determined to ensure justice for them.
It should be noted that 57 Bangladeshis were sentenced for protesting in the United Arab Emirates in solidarity with the quota reform movement. They were arrested during protests on the roads of different areas of Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman in the evening of July 20 local time. Two days later, on July 22, the local court sentenced three of them to life imprisonment, one to 11 years and the remaining 53 to 10 years.
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