Job Suspension
Odhikar defends rights activist
Human rights organisation Odhikar condemned the suspension of schoolteacher Shampa Goswami from her job in Kaliganj of Satkhira for defending human rights, said a press release.
Shampa, a human rights activist of Odhikar's "violence against women" programme, was suspended from teaching at Mozahar Memorial Secondary School on Monday.
Under the programme in 2011, Shampa was working with a woman who was gang raped. Afterwards, when four people were arrested in this connection, a group of people began harassing her.
On August 30 this year, school authorities issued a show cause to Shampa accusing her of "antisocial" behaviour and "unethical" activities.
Contacted, Shahdat Hossain, president of managing committee of the school, said they suspended Shampa as locals complained about her character.
“She also went to India without prior permission,” he said.
Shampa said locals were angry at her for working with the raped woman and pressured the school authorities to suspend her. “I went to India during the Eid holidays,” she added.
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