Rohingya woman and infant held beyond sentence, rights group appeals to NHRC

By A Representative

The Hooghly-based rights group, (), has drawn the attention of the to what it described as the illegal and unconstitutional detention of a young Rohingya woman, Ms. , and her five-month-old infant daughter at in , .

In a letter signed by MASUM Secretary , the organisation highlighted that Amina, aged about 20, is a forcibly displaced national who had fled to and was registered with and the . The letter recounts that in she was trafficked across the , subjected to sexual violence, and later coerced into entering India.

Amina was arrested in May 2025 under the and subsequently convicted by the Judicial Magistrate, 2nd Court, Ranaghat, Nadia, who sentenced her to six months’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 1,000, which has already been paid.

Despite the sentence having expired in November 2025, MASUM alleges that she and her infant remain in custody, amounting to an unlawful detention of more than sixty days beyond the court-imposed term. The organisation argues that this continued confinement violates and gravely compromises the rights of the infant child.

MASUM has urged the Commission to immediately inquire into the matter, secure the release of Amina and her child, and fix accountability on officials responsible for ignoring the court’s order. The appeal stresses the urgency of intervention in the interest of justice, humanity, and the rule of law.

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