১০ ডিসেম্বর, মানবাধিকার দিবস হিসেবে আন্তর্জাতিকভাবে স্বীকৃত। ২০১৭ সালে বিশ্বব্যাপী এই দিনটি পালিত হচ্ছে এমন একটি সময়ে যখন বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতি ভয়াবহ আকার ধারণ করেছে। বর্তমান আওয়ামী লীগ নেতৃত্বাধীন জোট ২০১৪ সালের ৫ জানুয়ারির বিতর্কিত নির্বাচনের মাধ্যমে দেশের অধিকাংশ জনগণের ভোট ছাড়াই একতরফাভাবে পুনরায় ক্ষমতা গ্রহণ করে, যেখানে অর্ধেকের বেশি সংসদ সদস্যই বিনা ভোটে নির্বাচিত। […]
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Odhikar’s Statement on Human Rights Day 2017; BANGLADESH: People’s participation is needed to uphold human rights
The 10th of December is universally recognised as International Human Rights Day. In 2017, the day is being observed at a time when the human rights situation in Bangladesh has become catastrophic. The current government resumed power through controversial Parliamentary Elections on January 5, 2014 where almost half of the Members of Parliament won seats […]
Adilur gets Franco-German prize for human rights
Bangladeshi human rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan, also Odhikar secretary, has been awarded with Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law for 2017. In 2017, the prize is being awarded for the second time to committed 15 human rights defenders from around the world who have done outstanding work in their respective […]
Statement in Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
On November 24, 2017, Odhikar issued a statement in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women is endemic in Bangladesh. Women and girls are subjected to domestic violence, rape, dowry and its related violence, acid violence, stalking and sexual harassment, etc. As per a 2015 survey of the […]
Detention of Adilur Rahman Khan at KLIA, Malaysia
Detention of Adilur Rahman Khan at KLIA, Malaysia. Statement of Odhikar, 21 July 2017 At approximately 11:00 pm (Bangladesh time), on 19 July 2017, Adilur Rahman Khan Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and Secretary of Odhikar, boarded a Malaysia Airlines flight, MH 113, to Kuala Lumpur to attend the Second General Assembly Meeting […]
A Joint Statement by AHRC and Odhikar on BANGLADESH: Institutionalization of torture within law enforcement defeats the purpose of criminalization
23 June 2017 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission and Odhikar on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture BANGLADESH: Institutionalization of torture within law enforcement defeats the purpose of criminalization Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies have institutionalized torture within their day-to-day operations. Policing, maintaining law and order, and conducting crime […]
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