Roundtable Discussion on Human Rights Day
Celebration of International Human
Rights Day 2014:
In order to observe Human Rights
Day, JAMAKON organized a rally on 10
December 2014. The rally started from the
Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) and ended
at Shaheed Minar of University of Dhaka.
Holding placards and banners and wearing
colorful T-shirts and caps hundreds
of people from NGOs and Brave Men
volunteers participated in the rally. About
300 participants attended the rally. At the
outset of the rally, Professor Dr. Mizanur
Rahman released balloons to launch the
rally. Referring to this year’s theme, i.e.
Human Rights 365, he said that every day
should be a human rights day and that its
importance is significant for Bangladesh.
He mentioned that Bangladesh is fought
for a society where equality, social justice
and human dignity would be treated as
core values.
Another three rallies were organized in
Barisal, Rangpur and Sylhet in partnership
with Saint Bangladesh, IDEA, and PASS
respectively. The rally rounded around
30
the city centre of the three districts. More
than six hundreds participants attended
in the rally. Representatives of local
administration, civil society members,
NGOs representative and students
participated in the rally with holding
colorful placards, banners and festoons
which were containing key messages of
Human Rights Day Rally
human rights. The local folk team also
played their different instruments in the
rally. The local organizers and public
representatives delivered speech in the
rally on the theme and importance of the
human rights day.