30 August 2016 AFAD Secretariat Resources Manila, 30 August 2016 – On this day, the International Day of the Disappeared (IDD), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) pays tribute to the thousands of disappeared people in Asia and all over the world, and to their families. This day was first commemorated 36 years ago […]
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Adilur Rahman Khan elected FIDH vice-president
Dimitris Christopoulos of Greece was elected president and Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of Odhikar of Bangladesh, was elected one of the vice presidents in the election of the international board of International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH). The election was held during the 39th FIDH Congress in Johannesburg where its 178 member organisations from 120 […]
Statement of the International Board of FIDH: Put an immediate end to enforced disappearances
29/08/2016 PRESS RELEASE International Justice On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, FIDH and its member organisations call for an end to involuntary and enforced disappearances around the world, and for justice for victims and their families. The newly-elected International Board of FIDH called at its first session (which took place right […]
Greek academic and activist Dimitris Christopoulos elected FIDH President
27/08/2016 PRESS RELEASE South Africa(Johannesburg) Today Dimitris Christopoulos was elected President of FIDH. He succeeds Iranian lawyer Karim Lahidji who headed the international human rights NGO for the last three years. The vote was held during the 39th FIDH Congress in Johannesburg where its 178 member organisations […]
Banishing barbarous torture
June 26, 2016 by CR Abrar International DayToday, June 26, is being globally commemorated as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture denies inherent dignity of human beings and has a lasting debilitating effect on the victim’s personality. Termed by the United Nations as one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings […]
Letter from the Anti Corruption Commission
Dear Friends This afternoon I received a letter from the Anti Corruption Commission which stated that the investigation regarding the money laundering allegations against Odhikar had yielded no proof and had thus been recorded as having been ‘resolved’. I have attached the original Bangla version and an English translation here. Once again, thank you so […]
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