Legal Assistance to Helpless Prisoners And Persons (LAHP) is a bureaucratic non-profit and nonpolitical organization, which was established in the year 2010 with the philosophy is to provide aid to the Poor & Helpless Prisoner’s in the Court of Law. This is to act as the contribution for the betterment of the society along with the National Legal Aid Program of the government. Constitutional guara
ntees of human rights, freedom, equality, justice and the equal rule of law is available for the citizens and it is clearly mentioned in Article 27. before law and equal protection of law to all citizens and person remain meaningless for vast majority of persons since they live below the poverty line and consequently have little or no access to justice. we expanded our work in 18 districts, these are- Dhaka, Chittagang, Jamalpur, kishoreganj, Moulvibazar, Mymansingh, Narayanganj, Norsindi, Sylhet, Tangail, Brahmanbaria, Comilla, gaibandha, Nilfamari, Kurigram, sherpur , Gazipur and Chadpur. Not only that but also we appiont panel lawyers on those particular districts so that they could provide legal aid for the helpless prisoners. These panel lawyers work for our NGO anf get legal fees for every successful bail. Reaching the law and justice system has always been a challenge for the majority of the population as the governance towards it has been extremely weak and vulnerable. As a consequence, obtaining a fair trial in case of the court proceedings seems very restricted. Because of the outdated colonial laws, the judicial segment couldn't cope up with time along with the poor financial structure and human resources. The ones who require the co-operation of the judicial body are often found to be spending more than they are required to. Of course, again it is because they are not aware of the right information and their deserving rights as citizens. As a result, there comes a point where they tend to loose complete interests or the poor system on the other hand stores a huge amount of backlog of cases. Majority of the population is not aware of the long detentions without conviction and fair trial, which may constitute a serious violation in human rights law.
