Anu Muhammad
Anu Muhammad is a human rights defender and is the member-secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports. He is also the lead campaigner against Rampal power plant in the Sundarbans in southern Bangladesh. Environmental human rights defender believes that this proposed coal-fired power plant in Rampal, could have a damaging effect on Sundarbans, which is the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Human rights defenders (HRDs) in Bangladesh endure judicial harassment, arbitrary arrest, fabricated charges, abduction, physical attacks, torture and extrajudicial killings. Human rights violations against HRDs are committed by both state and non-state actors including corporations, impunity remains one of the most serious issues of concern, particularly as fatal attacks on human rights defenders and journalsits become increasingly common.
