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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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|office=President of the [[Garment Workers Unity Forum]]
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|office2=General Secretary of the [[Democratic Revolutionary Party (Bangladesh)|Democratic Revolutionary Party]]
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'''Mushrefa Mishu''' is a [[Bangladeshi]] trade unionist and politician. She is the current president of the [[Garment Workers Unity Forum]] and general secretary of Bangladesh's [[Democratic Revolutionary Party (Bangladesh)|Democratic Revolutionary Party]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/127519/reopen-closed-sugar-mills-lda|title=Reopen closed sugar mills: LDA|date=2021-01-18}}</ref>

==Career==
Mishu was a student leader before becoming a trade unionist.<ref name="bdnews">{{cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2010/06/25/police-arrest-4-including-mishu|title=Police arrest 4, including Mishu|website=[[bdnews24.com]]|date=2010-06-25}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Gazipur]] police arrested Mishu together with three other persons while on their way to a rally of the [[Garment Workers Unity Forum]]. She was detained for more than four months and afterwards suffered health problems due to police maltreatment.<ref name="bdnews"/><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://archive.cleanclothes.org/news/2011/05/30/trial-against-bangladeshi-labour-rights-advocates-approaches|title=Trial against Bangladeshi labour rights advocates approaches|publisher=[[Clean Clothes Campaign]]|date=2011-05-30}}</ref>

In 2013, Mishu opposed demands by [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]] that women should not interact with men in public.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/16/bangladesh-hefazat-e-islam-women|title=Bangladesh simmers as Islamic conservatives and progressives clash|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last1=Burke|first1=Jason|last2=Hammadi|first2=Saad|date=2013-04-16}}</ref>

From July 28, 2014, Mishu took part in a [[hunger strike]] of 1,600 [[Tuba Group]] garment workers in [[Badda Thana]], who had occupied their factory in protest against the repeated non-payment of wages by the factory owner. When police dispersed the protest on August 7 using tear gas and rubber bullets, they detained Mishu together with [[Joly Talukder]], leader of the [[Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Centre]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newagebd.net/38012/police-detain-garment-workers-leader-mushrefa-mishu/|title=Police detains Mishu, Jolly. Breaks Tuba workers' hunger strike firing rubber bullet, teargas shell|newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]]|date=2014-08-07}}</ref> Both were released on the same day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/dhakatribune/docs/140807224751-c85c74c19b9a410c9482749f3cbb4ad6|title=Police drive out Tuba workers|newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|author=Mohammed Jamil Khan|date=2014-08-08}}</ref> Police detained Mishu for several hours on August 19.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/21/bangladeshi-factoryowneroutofjailaccusedofmoreworkerabuse.html|title=Bangladeshi factory owner, out of jail, accused of more worker abuse|date=2014-08-21|author=E. Tammy Kim}}</ref> On December 14 of that year, police detained Mishu following a protest demanding an increase in minimum wage for garment workers. She was accused of having "ransacked" a garment company's office. [[Amnesty International]] condemned her arrest and the death of four people during the protests.<ref>{{cite press release |author= |title=In Solidarity with Garment Workers in Bangladesh|url=https://www.amnestyusa.org/in-solidarity-with-garment-workers-in-bangladesh/|location= |publisher=[[Amnesty International]]|agency=|date=2010-12-20|access-date=2020-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/business/2010/12/22/amnesty-urges-probe-into-cepz-deaths|title=Amnesty urges probe into CEPZ deaths|work=bdnews24.com|date=2010-12-22|access-date=2020-12-11}}</ref>

On July 13, 2015, police kept Mishu from leaving her [[Dhaka]] home to attend a protest against unpaid wages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/police-keep-moshrefa-mishu-confined-home-all-day-111613|title=Police keep Moshrefa Mishu 'confined' to home all-day|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=2015-07-13}}</ref> On December 21, 2016, Mishu was detained by the [[Detective Branch (Bangladesh)|Detective Branch]] of [[Dhaka Metropolitan Police]]. She was released on the same day, on the condition that she would "refrain from further protests".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/2016/12/22/db-picks-moshrefa-mishu|title=DB 'invites labour leader to tea' as eight others sent to jail|last1=Hossain|first1=Nadim|last2=Hasan|first2=Md. Kamrul|last3=Shahariar|first3=Hussain Mohammad|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=2016-12-22|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref>

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