Video introduction to the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), through the testimonies of (in order of appearance): Evelyn Balais-Serrano, FORUM-ASIA Executive Director Sister Crescencia L. Lucero, Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), Philippines Adilur Rahman Khan, Odhikar, Bangladesh Cecil Shane Chaudhry, National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), Pakistan Henri Tiphagne, […]

Adilur Rahman Khan, advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and founder and Secretary of Bangladeshi human rights organisationOdikhar, was today named winner of the 2014 International Bar Association (IBA) Human Rights Award. Conferred with the title for his outstanding contribution to human rights, the award was presented to Mr Khan by the President of the IBA, Michael […]

New low in Bangladesh politics C R Abrar THIS week has marked an important watershed in Bangladesh’s fast eroding political culture. The universal norm of respecting the dead not only fell short, but sunk to a new low when a diatribe was orchestrated against a dead professor who held non-conformist views of society and politics, […]

by CR Abrar October 10, 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of rights organisation Odhikar. Since its launch at the heyday of the military dictatorship of General Ershad, Odhikar has resolutely stood up for rights and dignity of ordinary people of Bangladesh. On the one hand, it championed civil and political rights and was at the […]

This film contains the arrest and detention of the Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khna. He has been honoured Martin Ennals Award 2014. Adilur spoke on the human rights situation of Bangladesh. Adilur Rahman Khan Film Portrait – Martin Ennals Award Nominee 2014 Adilur Rahman Khan – Jury Quotes A Message from Adilur Rahman Khan