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 […]
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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 […]
BANGLADESH: Peoples’mobilization needed to end enforced disappearances
25 May 2017 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, and Odhikar, on the International Week of the Disappeared BANGLADESH: Peoples’mobilization needed to end enforced disappearances Hong Kong/Dhaka/Manila; 25 May 2017: Enforced disappearance is universally recognized as a ‘crime against humanity’ under International Law. This crime is […]
Joint Statement on the World Press Freedom Day by AHRC, FORUM-ASIA and Odhikar
3 May 2017 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, FORUM-ASIA and Odhikar BANGLADESH: Press Freedom cannot be achieved without effective justice institutions Bangkok/Kathmandu/Hong Kong/Dhaka: The World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May, is celebrated as an occasion to revisit the essence of fundamental principles of the freedom of press. The state of […]
AHRC TV: Sri Lankan police arrested for death in custody and other stories in JUST ASIA, Episode 161
This week Just Asia begins with Sri Lanka, where five police officers have been arrested in connection with the custodial death of a suspect at the Peliyagoda Police station. The 42-year-old Chadik Shyaman Wickramarachchi was arrested on February 25, following information provided by another suspect. The next day, Chadik’s body was recovered by his family […]
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