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FACT FINDING MISSION REPORT ON THE ROHINGYA FROM 4-13 FEBRUARY 2018

Odhikar has been monitoring the situation of Rohingyas since 2012. Subsequent to the genocidal attacks on the Rohingya community by the Myanmar military and Buddhist extremists on 9 October 2016 and 25 August 2017, Odhikar took the testimonials of 150 Rohingya victims who took refuge in Bangladesh. Based on these testimonials, Odhikar and the Asian […]

August 26, 2018 | Read full story | Comments are closed

FACT-FINDING MISSION REPORT ON THE ROHINGYA FROM 10-16 JANUARY 2018

The main objective of the mission was to collect information about the actual human rights situation in Rakhine (Arakan) state of Myanmar and analyse the information to understand the pattern of genocide faced by the Rohingya survivors and also to make a proper documentation of the violence for future reference. FFM_Report_1 (full text in English, PDF)

June 12, 2018 | Read full story | Comments are closed

ROHINGYA: THE MOST PERSECUTED MINORITY COMMUNITY IN MYANMAR

150 case studies of the atrocities by the Myanmar Military: Between January to November 2017 Odhikar carried out a fact finding mission in several places in Cox’s Bazaar where Rohingya refugees have been kept. These places include both registered and unregistered camps in areas such as Shah Porir Dwip, Teknaf, Leda village, Palong Khali and […]

December 10, 2017 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Bangladesh: Impunity reigns for human rights violations against Santal people

Odhikar, FIDH and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) published a joint report, entitled “Slap on the wrist: Impunity for human rights violations against Santal community members in Bangladesh”, based on a fact-finding mission conducted by Odhikar from 19 to 22 November 2016. The report documents a series of attacks against members of the Santal community […]

July 25, 2017 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Allegation of torture to a school boy after detaining him at Jessore Kotowali Police Station

On June 8, 2016 at around 2:30 pm, Sub-Inspector (SI) Biplob Hossain, In-charge of Upashahar Police Outpost, arrested Ainul Haque Rohit (16), a student of class X at Badsha Faisal Islami Institute, from his house. Ainul Haque Rohit is the son of Kamal Hossain and Juli Begum, residents of Sector- 1, Upashahar Union Parishad- 5 […]

October 16, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Allegation of the killing of Shahid Al Mahmud by police 16 days after his disappearance

Shahid Al Mahmud (22) was the son of Rajab Ali and Josna Begum, residents of Badanpur of Kalicharanpur Union under Jhenaidah Sadar upazila. He was a student of Jhenaidah Siddikiya Aliya Madrassa and an activist of the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir . On June 14 at around 12:15am, Shahid was taken away by a group […]

September 8, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed