Sigma Huda

She was the founding president of Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) and founder and secretary of Institute for Law and Development (ILD).

Huda was the lawyer of Anup Chetia alias Golap Barua, a leader of ULFA who filed for asylum in Bangladesh.

In her report for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, she said: "The act of prostitution, by definition, joins together two forms of social power (sex and money) in one interaction.

"[3]In 2007, Huda was brought before a Bangladeshi court on bribery charges filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, whereupon she was sentenced to three years imprisonment as an accomplice to a bribe in the amount of Taka 2.40 crore (approximately US$400,000) for which her husband was convicted of abuse of power and corruption.

[4] The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of the judges and lawyers issued a statement on 2 September 2007, expressing concern that Huda had not been given a fair trial.