Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday sought a report from the government about the details on how many Bangladeshi woman workers have so far been sexually harassed in foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia.
The court also wants the report to include how many Bangladeshi woman workers have been sent abroad and how many of them have returned home.
Secretaries of the Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas employment and Foreign Ministries, Director General of
Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), Chairman of Wage Earner Welfare Board and President and Secretary of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) have been asked to submit the report in the HC within a month.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Farid Ahmed passed the order and issued a rule after hearing a writ petition filed by Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon, Executive Director of Justice Watch Foundation, a rights organisation, seeking necessary order on this issue.
The court issued the rule asking the authorities concerned of the government to explain as to why their inaction to compensate and rehabilitate and ensure security of the victimize Bangladeshi woman workers should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the court also asked the authorities to show cause as to why appropriate legal action should not be taken against the recruiting agencies and people who send Bangladeshi workers abroad without following due process of law.
Secretaries of the Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas employment, Foreign, Home, Law, Labour and Employment, Social Welfare, Women and Children Affairs Ministries, Director General of Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), Chairman of Wage Earner Welfare Board and President and Secretary of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) have to comply with the rule within two weeks.
The writ petitioner said, “How many male and female workers were sent to foreign countries including Saudi Arabia, how many of them were physically, mentally and sexually harassed, and how many of them returned home with voluntary initiatives or with the help of the government should be mentioned in the report.”
Petitioner Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon himself took part in the hearing, while Deputy Attorney General Kazi Jinat Haque stood for the State.
The lawyer said, the court passed an interim order and issued a rule after primary hearing on the petition.
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday sought a report from the government about the details on how many Bangladeshi woman workers have so far been sexually harassed in foreign countries, including Saudi Arabia.
The court also wants the report to include how many Bangladeshi woman workers have been sent abroad and how many of them have returned home.
Secretaries of the Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas employment and Foreign Ministries, Director General of
Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), Chairman of Wage Earner Welfare Board and President and Secretary of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) have been asked to submit the report in the HC within a month.
The HC bench of Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Farid Ahmed passed the order and issued a rule after hearing a writ petition filed by Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon, Executive Director of Justice Watch Foundation, a rights organisation, seeking necessary order on this issue.
The court issued the rule asking the authorities concerned of the government to explain as to why their inaction to compensate and rehabilitate and ensure security of the victimize Bangladeshi woman workers should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the court also asked the authorities to show cause as to why appropriate legal action should not be taken against the recruiting agencies and people who send Bangladeshi workers abroad without following due process of law.
Secretaries of the Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas employment, Foreign, Home, Law, Labour and Employment, Social Welfare, Women and Children Affairs Ministries, Director General of Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), Chairman of Wage Earner Welfare Board and President and Secretary of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) have to comply with the rule within two weeks.
The writ petitioner said, “How many male and female workers were sent to foreign countries including Saudi Arabia, how many of them were physically, mentally and sexually harassed, and how many of them returned home with voluntary initiatives or with the help of the government should be mentioned in the report.”
Petitioner Barrister Mahfuzur Rahman Milon himself took part in the hearing, while Deputy Attorney General Kazi Jinat Haque stood for the State.
The lawyer said, the court passed an interim order and issued a rule after primary hearing on the petition.
