A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 20 Para 11. Country Date 21/07/06 Type JAL Mandate IJL; TOR; VAW; Allegations transmitted regarding Ms S. S. S.’s court case, three persons confronted him and inquired if he worked for Mr Atiur Rahman and where they could find him. The men followed him for the rest of the day trying to prevent him from obtaining the documents he required from the record office. On 23 May 2006, an unidentified person called Mr Atiur Rahman and warned him against pursuing legal proceedings against the police. The caller said if he did not do this, he and his family would pay the ultimate cost. S. S. S. (subject of a previously transmitted communication, see above). On 12 March 2006, several opposition political parties held a demonstration, which moved in the direction of the Election Commission office. On the way, at Mirpur Road, in between Manik Mian Avenue and Road 27 in Dhanmondi Residential Area, the police erected a barricade to block the protesters. Ms S. S. S. was in this vicinity at the time as she was going to collect her son from a school that is located in the area. At approximately 12:30 pm, a group of demonstrators, belonging to an opposition political party, passed by the school. The police fired tear gas and water canons at the demonstrators and beat them with sticks, canes and iron rods. Ms S. S. S., who had been waiting in front of the school, took shelter inside a private hospital opposite the school. Police forcibly removed her from the clinic and placed her with the arrested demonstrators. Ms S. S. S. told the police that she was pregnant and a diabetic patient. The Deputy Commissioner of Police Government Response

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