Dhaka, Feb 26 (IANS) Several of the litigants in Bangladesh’s Barishal district have been unable to access judicial services following the suspension of court activities for three consecutive days in protest over the arrest of the district bar association and the filing of a case against 12 lawyers, local media reported. As the judicial services in all courts, including the District and Sessions Judge’s Court, remained non-functional, several litigants who arrived at the premises on Thursday mor…
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Paris, Feb 25 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the recent “misconduct” by lawyers at the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Bangladesh’s Barishal district over the granting of bail to several leaders of the Awami League. Expressing concern over the incident, Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), a Paris-based human rights organisation, alleged that lawyers aligned with the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were engage…