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Limon gets artificial leg . . .

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 Limon Hossain of Jhalakathi tries to walk with an artificial leg yesterday at  Ganoshasthya Nagar Hospital in Dhaka on 29 august 2011.Limon Hossain, a college student who was shot and maimed by Rab five months ago, was fitted with an artificial leg in the technical team of Centre for Disability in Development (CDD) in Savar. A Rapid Action Battalion team on March 23 shot the 16-year-old boy in the left leg when he was taking his cows to a grazing field at Chhaturia village of Jhalakathi. After four days, the leg had to be amputated from the thigh to stop the spread of infection due to excessive bleeding. August 2011. © Monirul Alam

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Solidarity for Limon | bangladesh

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Songkhubdho Nagorik Samaj, a platform to protect human rights, demanded withdrawal of cases against Limon Hossain who lost a leg in Rab shooting late March. The organizers have pledged to continue their protests until the government withdraw the false cases against Limon Hossein and provide adequate compensation for the loss of his leg.

They also called in protest against the government’s contract with ConocoPhillips signed on June 16 the deal awarded gas exploration and extraction rights to the US energy giant in two deep sea blocks in the Bay of Bengal.

At a protest rally, they also demanded strong security for 16-year-old Limon and his family members, and punishment of the accused.Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), on March 23, mistook Limon, a college student, for a criminal and shot him in the left leg at the village of Chhaturia in Jhalakathi Bangladesh.