a u.n. special rapporteur on people-trafficking, sigma huda, was arrested on 5 July in connection with a case of alleged extortion...she reportedly has potentially life threatening heart and kidney conditions, and is not getting adequate treatment in prison...sigma huda is a prominent lawyer, head of the human rights group bangladesh society for the enforcement of human rights, and the u.n. special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially in women and children...
a state of emergency was declared in bangladesh on 11 January 2007 under which the government has initiated action to control criminal activity and address corruption...according to local newspaper reports, over 100,000 people accused of threatening law and order through either involvement in criminal activity or possession of illegal firearms, or corruption, have been arrested...
amnesty international has received allegations of torture or ill-treatment following such arrests...the detainees include over 150 politicians, businessmen and others accused of involvement in extortion and other acts of corruption...according to reports in the bangladeshi media, the authorities have admitted that some of the detainees are in poor health...
according to a senior consultant in cardiology, she is suffering from coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and a chronic renal (kidney) failure...it is also known that sigma huda has diabetes, for which she is receiving long-term treatment...she was under treatment and observation when she was taken into custody...she was taken to court in an ambulance, and to the courtroom on a stretcher, to hear the charges against her...she was then sent to jail custody on 5 july...
her family are concerned that she is in poor health and at risk of developing further medical complications due to lack of specialist medical attention...she has not even been transferred to the jail hospital, and the prison authorities have ignored her family's urgent requests to visit her...there are serious concerns that her health may deteriorate further if she does not receive adequate medical attention...according to a report from a senior consultant in cardiology, who treated sigma huda before her arrest:
"It may be stressed that her conditions will deteriorate significantly and may be life-threatening if she is not kept under constant medical observation and treatment at a specialized cardiac care unit."
peace out <3
2 comments:
Why do you shed tears for Sigma Huda as because she came from affluent family and power corridor. Just like to show evidence of her law chamber's corruption, I would like to mention that her law firm took all the yearly legal fees from our International organization in Dhaka to her family bank account in London. The reason is very simple to avoid paying taxes to poor government in bangladesh. her husband amassed tons of money from corruption, about which she was fully aware and she received valuable Government property worth of 50 miilion Bangladeshy cuurency jsut for a token amount of one take from her husband's ministry. Shame on you people to support corupted and looters of public coffers.
my anonymous friend - i respect your outrage and frankly can not speak to any of the things to which you reference...but as far as protecting human rights we do not select a few here and there whose rights we protect ... these rights are universal and indivisible ... sigma huda has a right to adequate health care while in custody just as you or i would have according to internaitonal law ... the principle being protected here is the inaliennable and indivisible nature of human rights for each and every person not for the rights of a person by nature of privilege or other selective criteria ... i fear that your emotional anger clouds your capacity of reason in seeing the distinction ... peace out <3
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