Border shooting of Felani Khatun

rdf:langString Border shooting of Felani Khatun

rdf:langString Felani Khatun (Bengali: ফেলানী খাতুন), Was a 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl, who was shot and killed by India's Border Security Force (BSF) on 7 January 2011, at the India-Bangladesh border. A photograph showing Felani Khatun's dead body hangingon a border fence made of barbed wire was picked up by international media, and the publication of these photographs evoked international concern. The photo had created an "uproar" in Bangladesh. After a lot of back and forth between different courts within India, the case is still pending for final judgement as (MSM) a human rights activist platform in India has launch a petition in the country's Supreme Court seeking justice and compensation for the killing of Felani Khatun. Lawyer and Human Rights Activist who has been the lawyer for Felani Khatun's Family on Bangladesh's side for the last 11 years, believes that after the covid 19 pandemic the process has lost momentum. This Case is significant before of the international attention that it gather and also paints a vivid picture the length of struggle that people living in borderline Bangladesh and India have to go through.