SCBA-Bangladesh Lawyers' Rights Council
SCBA, Lawyers' Rights Council demand ban on ISKCON, justice for lawyer Alif
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Bangladesh Lawyers' Rights Council have demanded a ban on ISKCON and justice for lawyer Saiful Islam Alif who was killed on a Chattogram court premises amid clashes between law enforcers and ISKCON followers .At a press conference on Thursday, SCBA Acting Secretary Mahfuzur Rahman Milon condemned the killing describing it as a heartbreaking event for the legal community and the nation.
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He alleged that ISKCON members were part of a broader anti-state conspiracy. “Members of terrorist organisation ISKCON have brutally murdered Saiful Islam Alif.”
The Lawyers' Rights Council organised a human chain at the Supreme Court Bar’s main gate demanding justice and the introduction of a Lawyers’ Protection Ordinance.
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Siddiqui labelled ISKCON as an international extremist terrorist organization and urged the government to ban ISKCON in Bangladesh due to its alleged involvement in Alif’s murder.
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