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From: Global Human Right Defence <info>
Date: Dec 1, 2006 9:11 PM
Subject: Volume 2:19, December 1, 2006.The Hague
To: Rajee

Volume 2:19, December 1, 2006.The Hague   How YOU can help How to donate to GHRD?   Update News Bangladesh: Two cadres of Chatra Dal (student wing of BNP) kidnapped an adolescent girl   Bangladesh: Thirty (30)Hindu minority families being repressed in Bagerhat district   Jammu and Kashmir: Christian missionary shot dead in Kashmir   Jammu and Kashmir: Refugees protest against J&K government   Pakistan: Agony Of The Missing Ones   Bhutan: GHRD in the India Social Forum Social and human rights organizations of India organized India Social Forum in New Delhi from November 9 to 13, 2006. Over five thousand people from across the globe belonging to various walks of lives were gathered to participate in the most historical event. GHRD was represented by Narad Adhikari, Representative for its Bhutan Chapter.   Bhutanese refugees and India Solidarity Group under the leadership of Dr. Sunilam during the rally at ISF   Read the full report     Head Office Javastraat 58 2585 AR The Hague The Netherlands Phone: +31 70 345 69 75 Phone: +31 70 345 34 11 Fax: +31 70 392 65 75 Cell: +31 6 164 94 311 Bank relation: ABN AMRO 417 943 024 The Hague The Netherlands NL69ABNA0417943024 BIC : ABNANL2A Primary School 'Hofstad Heldring' in The Hague collects money for refugees in Nepal Six groups of the first and second year of the Hofstad Heldring primary school in The Hague collected money for the event 'Hand in Hand 2006'. By collecting money from friends and family, the children help GHRD in realising projects in Nepal for child refugees. In the auditorium of the school a student, Ashna Sewgobind, and the principle, Karina Baarda, handed over a cheque of an amount of ? 1200,- (twelve hundred euro).   By doing so the school indicates the importance to activate the students on a social level. With this action they also show that children, when directed with the right approach, are capable of a lot. The enthusiasm and commitment of this school is an example for other schools. To express the appreciation for the children, teachers and the board of the school, GHRD presented a certificate.   GHRD urges Bangladesh to take action! Violence against women and young girls constitute the gravest of human rights abuses in Bangladesh. Such violence includes sexual and domestic violence, gang rapes, acid throwing and honour killings. Gang rape has become a major tool of terror, forcing minorities onto the run, and has proven more efficient than murder. Extremist Muslims want to rid Bangladesh of its religious and ethnic minorities, transforming the country into a monolithic Islamic state, and with this intention women and girls from the minority groups are frequently abducted and raped. Neither infant girls nor elderly women are spared. The Bangladeshi government remains passive and fails to adequately investigate and charge the perpetrators, and due to unsatisfactory legislation and uncooperative police, it is often very difficult for women to obtain justice for these crimes. Indeed, it is not uncommon for surviving women to face violence from the police when they try to obtain justice for the crimes committed against them. In 1984, Bangladesh ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and therefore has a legal obligation to prevent these crimes. Click here to read the full report