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Statement by Odhikar 19/09/2013

Stattement-Adil-19 September 2013 (full text in English, PDF) Stattement-Adil-19 September 2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)

September 19, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Possibility of further crackdown at Odhikar and government’s action to gag the voice of the most vocal human rights organisation in Bangladesh

Dear friends, Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was taken to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court today at 10 o’clock in the morning and kept in the court custody lock-up till 2:00 pm.  He was not presented before the Magistrate, even after his lawyers insisted that he be taken. At 2:00 pm Adilur was taken […]

September 4, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Press Release 30 August 2013

statement-odhikar-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 30, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human Rights and State Oppression

Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-eng (full text in English, PDF) Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 24, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Press Release 16.08.2013

Press Release-16.08.13-Eng (full text in English, PDF) Press Releasel-16.08.13-Bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 16, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed
Adilur Rahman Khan arrested - Photograph: Indrajit Ghosh/Demotix/Corbis

Statement on arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar

Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar was picked up by approximately 10 plainclothes men from the Detective Branch of Police (DB) at 10.20 pm on August 10, 2013 and taken to the DB custody in Mintoo Road, Dhaka.  He was picked up in front of his house at Gulshan, after returning from a relative’s house […]

August 12, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed