June 3, 2010 Mahmudur Rahman was produced before the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Nazrul Islam at 4pm on June 2, 2010, twelve hours after his arrest. He was produced before the Court by the police of the Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station after he was handed over to them by another group of police who […]
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Odhikar condemns the closure of Amar Desh and arrest of Mahmudur Rahman
June 2, 2010 The publication of the Bangla-language daily Amar Desh has been closed as the government cancelled the declaration of the newspaper on June 1, 2010. The police sealed off the press of Amar Desh at about 11.00 pm that night. At about 4 am on June 2, 2010 Mahmudur Rahman, the acting Editor […]
Bangladesh ratification of the Rome Statute is befitting tribute to victims of 1971 : Bangladesh must deposit instrument of ratification before 1 April, 2010
March 22, 2010 Press Statement Odhikar congratulates the government for ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today. The Rome Statute was adopted by the international community on 17 July 1998 and Bangladesh signed it on 16 September 1999. The ICC acts on three major crimes genocide, war crimes and crimes against […]
Odhikar condemns BSF firing at Bangladeshi citizens in Jointapur, Sylhet
March 15, 2010 Statement On March 14, 2010, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at the Jointapur frontier in Sylhet District which left 15 Bangladeshi citizens injured. The people at the border area had bound to leave their villages due to the sudden attack by the BSF. A tense situation exists all around […]
NGO Affairs Bureau’s rejection of Odhikar’s human rights project extension
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a membership-based regional human rights organisation, wrote a letter expressing their deep concerns over the NGO Affairs Bureau’s refusal to extend a human rights training and advocacy project proposed by Odhikar, a local human rights organization in Bangladesh. The project’s activities include advocacy on criminalizing torture, […]
Odhikar’s anti-torture project cancelled again
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) issued an urgent alert to receive the information that the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Bangladesh government released its decision to cancel Odhikar’s anti-torture project for the second time. Odhikar project cancelled-Urgent appeal-2010 (full text in English, PDF)
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