April 9, 2016 Bangladesh police have once again killed protestors. This time four out of a few hundred villagers who protested on 4 April 2016 have been killed. The farmers were protesting against acquisition of their agricultural lands without consent or adequate compensation, for the purpose of establishing a coal-fired power plant at Gondamara Village […]
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আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস উপলক্ষে আলোচনা সভা: নারীর অধিকার ও মর্যাদা প্রতিষ্ঠায় ঐক্যবদ্ধ আন্দোলন গড়ে তুলুন
০৮ মার্চ ২০১৬ প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি আজ ৮ মার্চ। আন্তর্জাতিক নারী দিবস উপলক্ষে অধিকার, নারীগ্রন্থ প্রবর্তনা ও স্বাস্থ্য আন্দোলন যৌথভাবে নারীগ্রন্থ প্রবর্তনায় এক আলোচনা সভার আয়োজন করে। লালমাটিয়া মহিলা কলেজের অধ্যাপক (অব:) তাসনীম ফেরদৌসী জুলি’র সভাপতিত্বে আয়োজিত সভায় বক্তব্য রাখেন উবিনিগ এর নির্বাহী পরিচালক ফরিদা আখতার, অধিকার এর জেন্ডার বিশেষজ্ঞ তাসকিন ফাহমিনা, শ্রমবিকাশ কেন্দ্রের সমন্বয়ক সীমা […]
Odhikar Statement on International Human Rights Day 2015
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December, universally recognised as International Human Rights Day. It commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year’s Human Rights Day is devoted to the launch of a year-long campaign for the 50th anniversary of the […]
Odhikar Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2015
November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This year, the slogan for the day is ‘Prevention’. In 1981, November 25 was declared as the International Day to eliminate violence against women in a conference on violence against women held in Latin America. On December 17, 1999, the United Nations […]
Founding Anniversary of Odhikar: 21 Years of Human Rights Activism
10th October 2015 is the 21st anniversary of Odhikar. Odhikar is a persistent voice against human rights violations and impunity. It has been fighting for improving the criminal justice system in Bangladesh and for the establishment of rule of law. Odhikar’s ardent campaigns to stop torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances are now known internationally. […]
National Press Club Authorities abruptly cancel a programme organised by the families of the disappeared, AFAD, ALRC, FIDH and Odhikar
On 29 August 2015, the National Press Club authority has abruptly cancelled a programme, which was scheduled to be held on 30 August at the National Press Club auditorium. At 5:20 pm on 29 August, Odhikar received a phone call from Selim Mia, an employee of the National Press Club that, as per the instructions of […]
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