Urgent Appeal published by Frontline in support of Odhikar. Odhikar has received a letter on 31 August 2009 from the NGO Affairs Bureau informing the organisation that the Ministry of Home Affairs had objected to one of its projects entitled “Human Rights Defenders Training and Advocacy Programme in Bangladesh,” and that it was thereby cancelled. […]
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Annual activity report 2008
The human rights situation deteriorated massively in Bangladesh after the caretaker government had seized national power and proclaimed the State of Emergency in 2007. The caretaker government then announced to the public that it was holding a democratic election in December, 2008. The 19th Parliamentary Election would be held on 9 December, 2008, freely and […]
9th Parliamentary Election Observation Report 2008
Being a member of the Election Working Group (EWG), Odhikar observed 56 constituencies of 40 districts under 6 divisions during the 2008 national election. A single team consists of five mobile election observers, deployed in each of the 56 constituencies. Odhikar observers were responsible for identifying and gathering key information on irregularities, intimidation, violation of […]
22 months of emergency in Bangladesh : State of Emergency must entirely be revoked
A State of Emergency is inherently undemocratic and curtails fundamental rights and freedoms without which civilized society cannot operate. Odhikar monitors different aspects of human rights situation of Bangladesh relying on internationally recognised universal human rights instruments and campaigns for rule of law, democracy and justice. Odhikar believes that the State of Emergency must be […]
21 months of emergency in Bangladesh : emergency and general election incompatible
The President of Bangladesh imposed the State of Emergency back in 11 January 2007, were that the security and economic life of Bangladesh was threatened by internal disturbances. 21 months on, the ‘internal disturbances’, which were stated as the reason for the proclamation of Emergency, no longer exist. The State of Emergency, as has been […]
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