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Human rights monitoring report : November 2010

The November 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Extra-judicial killings continue: Incidents of extra-judicial deaths proved in Home Ministry report Tortured to death and false autopsy report Death in jail Allegation of enforced disappearances following arrest by law enforcement agencies Political violence continues BNP […]

December 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Discourse on the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women

 25th November, 2010 Press Release To commemorate International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, a discussion forum had been arranged by Odhikar on 25 November 2010. Secretary of Odhikar Adilur Rahman Khan; the Chief Executive of Bioscope Kazi Jesin; the Program-Coordinator of Odhikar Taskin Fahmina; from Sromo Bikash Kendro Shahinur Begum; General Secretary of […]

November 25, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Mohammad Fozlul Haque Fozol allegedly shot to death by RAB at Shiddhirgonj in Narayanganj

Odhikar fact-finding team found that at around 9.30 pm on November 13, 2010, members of RAB 11 CPC-1 arrested Mohammad Fozlul Haque Fozol (44) at Dhakesshori Bus-stand No. 2 at Shiddhirgonj. Later, his body was found at the plot of one Abu Mia in the Ati Housing area at Shiddhirgonj. Fozol’s family members alleged that Fozol at around […]

November 14, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : October 2010

The October 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Ferocity of political violence Protest against taking of land for an ‘Army Housing Scheme’ for the armed forces Torture and killing persists at borders despite assurances to the contrary given by the Director General of […]

November 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Bangladesh : criminal justice through the prism of capital punishment and the fight against terrorism

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) fact-finding mission’s mandate was to enquire on the death penalty and the administration of criminal justice in Bangladesh, with a focus on people convicted for so-called terrorist offences. The principal objective was to assess the respect of the fair trial guarantees, in particular the prohibition of torture, in capital cases. The mission […]

October 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : January-September 2010

The January-September 2010 nine-monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: On an average every 3 days, 1 person is reported killed extra judicially Death in custody Torture in custody The Government shut down a photo-exhibition on ‘crossfire’ Freedom of media and incidents of government prohibition […]

October 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed