ASK celebration begins tomorrow
Advocate Sultana Kamal announces the 25th anniversary celebration of Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) during a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity yesterday.Photo: STAR
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, will begin a two-day celebratory programme from tomorrow marking its silver jubilee. ASK Executive Director Sultana Kamal announced the programme at a press briefing in the city's Dhaka Reporters Unity yesterday. “Ain O Salish Kendra believes that light of a single candle is enough to light all the candles of a society,” said Sultana Kamal. She also called upon all to develop a human rights friendly culture based on equity among males and females. Since September 20 of 1986, ASK has been providing legal aid, when required, to the victims of human rights violation and earned national and international fame in this regard, says a handout distributed to journalists there. It remains vocal against repression on women and children, fatwa (religious edict), extra-judicial killing, custodial torture, minority repression, deprivation of indigenous people of their rights and repression on workers, it added. Legal steps taken by ASK resulted in high court directives on a number of issues including ban on slum eviction without rehabilitation, custodial torture and corporal punishment at educational institutions, said the handout. Explaining the future goal of ASK, Sultana Kamal said, “We wish to go on working with the general people by our side.” The press conference was also attended by ASK Director (investigation, documentation and research) Nur Khan and its Senior Deputy Director Motahar Akhand. Meanwhile, the celebrations will begin with a rally from the south gate of Jatiya Sangsad tomorrow at 3:30pm followed by discussions and cultural events including theatre performances. The programmes are scheduled to end on Saturday evening.
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