ZI Khan Panna

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ZI Khan Panna is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist. [1] He is the chairman of Ain O Salish Kendra, a legal aid organisation in Bangladesh. [2] Panna is a trustee of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust. [3] [4] He is the chairman of the legal aid committee of Bangladesh Bar Council. [3]

Career

In 2005, Panna filed a petition on behalf of the Bangladesh Bar Council asking the government to explain its failure to arrest those involved in bombing a court on 17 August. [5]

Panna challenged the indemnity ordinance for security officers involved in Operation Clean Heart in 2012 leading it to be revoked by Bangladesh High Court. [6] In November 2014, he served legal notices to three ministers, Mosharraf Hossain, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, and Zahid Maleque, to resign as they were holding for profit offices while serving as ministers violating the constitution of Bangladesh. [7] In 2015, he questioned the state of democracy in Bangladesh. [8]

In March 2018, Panna was attacked on the University of Dhaka campus by unknown individuals. [3] In 2020, he filed a petition seeking a ban on the sale of weapons from Bangladesh Liberation War. [9] He called for investigation of attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh. [10]

Panna has spoken against the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and passage of the Indemnity Ordinance, 1975 to protect the assassins. [11] In November 2021, Panna criticized the verdict in the rain tree rape case against the son of the owner of Apan Jewellers and said it was wrong for the judge to ask the police to not accept rape complaints 72 hours after the incident. [12]

In 2022, Panna represented a Canadian citizen who was forcefully confined by her parents in their Dhaka residence. [13]

Panna filed a petition at the Bangladesh High Court seeking an end to sexual harassment at educational institutions in Bangladesh in January 2023 representing the Ain O Salish Kendra. [14] He has spoken against emerging conflicts between judges and Awami League backed district bar association leaders and court officers. [15] According to him this conflict is harming the justice system. [15] He represented Pori Moni in a narcotics case. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Experts: US using human rights as strategic tool". Dhaka Tribune. 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ↑ "Chairman of Ain O Salish Kendra ZI Khan Panna speaking at a prèss conference organised by Human Rights Forum Bangladesh in DRU auditorium on Thursday with a call to implement recommendations of Anti-repression Committee of the United Nations". The New Nation. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "BLAST expresses concern after attack on trustee". New Age. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  4. ↑ "Board of Trustees". BLAST’s mission is to make the legal system accessible to the poor and the marginalized. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  5. ↑ "Why probes shouldn't be declared failure". The Daily Star. 2005-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Full High Court verdict scrapping Operation Clean Heart indemnity law published". bdnews24.com. 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  7. ↑ "Legal notice served on 3 ministers". The Daily Star. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Life, work of 4 ASK founders celebrated". The Daily Star. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  9. ↑ "'Stop sale of weapons used in Liberation War'". The Daily Star. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  10. ↑ "16 noted citizens demand justice for attacks on minorities during pandemic". The Daily Star. 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  11. ↑ "'Worst violation of human rights took place in 1975'". UNB. 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  12. ↑ "Raintree hotel rape case verdict: It may encourage offenders". The Daily Star. 2021-11-13. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  13. ↑ "Parents should not impose anything forcefully on children: HC". The Daily Star. 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  14. ↑ "Form committees to prevent sexual harassment at edu institutions: HC". The Daily Star. 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  15. 1 2 "Justice suffers as bars run into clash with judges". New Age. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  16. ↑ "Narcotics case: SC upholds HC's stay order or trial proceedings against Pori Moni". The Business Standard. 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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