Frauenverband Courage Essen,
Mädchen- und Frauenzentrum
Courage Essen e.V.,
Goldschmidtstraße 3,
45127 Essen
Tel: 0201/ 1 25 26 59 oder 556323
email: fvcourage-essen@fvcourage.de,
Letter of protest
We demand the immediate release from prison of Joly Talukder and her seven colleagues!
We protest loudly and publicly against the arrest of Joly Talukder, chairman of the union of seamstresses GWTUC in Bangladesh, and her seven colleagues!
We demand their immediate release!
During her visits to Essen Joly Talukder has repeatedly accused authorities of members of opposition parties and trade unionists having disappeared. We are outraged to learn that she herself has been arrested on April 1 and even put into solitary confinement.
This is torture against human rights, and it must end immediately!
Soon after Joly Talukder’s last visit to Essen in autumn 2016, some 20,000 textile workers went to strike near Dhaka for higher minimum wages to secure at least a minimum subsistence level for their families to survive. Rubber bullets and arrests were the answer. Trade union activists throughout Bangladesh are being persecuted to put them to silence.

Joly Talukder hat auch bei ihren Besuchen bei uns in Essen immer wieder das Verschwinden von Mitgliedern oppositioneller Parteien und Gewerkschafter/innen angeklagt. Voller Empörung erfuhren wir, dass sie selbst am 1. April diesen Jahres festgenommen und sogar in Isolationshaft gesteckt wurde.
Garments Workers Trade Union Centre and other seven leaders of the same organization has been arrested and sent to jail today, 1 April 2018. Few months back regarding trade union movement on some genuine demands of the workers in a particular factory the employers association instituted a false case against the leaders of BGWTUC. The so called accused leaders went to High Court for advance bail in connection with that case. However, High Court granted them bail for four months and asked them to appear before the appropriate Lower Court. It’s a normal practice that when High Court gives a bail, the Lower Court also gives bail. According to the direction of the High Court Jolly and other leaders (so called accused) appeared before the Lower Court today. However, Lower Court refused to give them bail and sent them to jail. This is unusual. It has been done by the influence of towners association.
Talukder, fue capturada hoy y se encuentra en confinamiento solitario. Envía notas de solidaridad y protesta a su sindicato. Por favor, difunda este mensaje a muchas otras personas que conozca. Gracias por su solidaridad.
Hier können Solidaritätsadressen auf der Homepage des Garment Workers‘ Trade Union Centre hinterlassen werden: http://www.gwtuc.org/contact-us-2/ mehrmals versuchen 
