Demolition of Slum
HR bodies concerned
Staff Correspondent
Several human rights organisation and professional groups yesterday expressed deep concern over the eviction of Shat Tola Bosti (slum) dwellers at Mohakhali in the city violating the High Court directives. Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA) in a statement yesterday urged the caretaker government to make alternative arrangements for the slum-dwellers. The statement read, 'This eviction forced thousands of women, children and elderly persons to live inhumane life'. It also termed the police behaviour to the slum-dwellers as 'inhumane'. In another statement, Bangladesh Sramajibi Nari Maitri, an organisation of working women, protested the demolition of the slum violating the High Court directive. It said eviction of slums dwellers one after another without making alternative arrangement has created a human catastrophe. "If the government does not respect the High Court directive, then who would?", it added. Nari Maitrai also urged the caretaker government to take effective measures for slum-dweller's rehabilitation on a priority basis.
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