Odhikar is deeply concerned to learn from the media of the proposed amendments to the AntiTerrorism Act 2009, approved by the Cabinet meeting on December 26, 2011, which has widened the scope of the Act by approving death penalty for financing terrorist activities. The existing law stipulates that a person guilty of the offence of […]
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Odhikar : 17 years of protecting rights, freedom and justice
Press Statement Odhikar marks its 17th year of formation on 10 October 2011, which is also the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Campaign against the death penalty is one of the many areas in which Odhikar has dedicated itself for last seventeen years. Created after the fierce movement against military dictatorship, Odhikar as a network […]
Statement by Odhikar on the International Day of the Disappeared
On the International Day of the Disappeared, the human rights organisation Odhikar urges the Government of Bangladesh to accede to the International Convention of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance that has been signed by 88 countries and ratified by 29. The Convention was adopted in 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly and came into […]
Open letter regarding the situation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh
H.E. Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Odhikar’s statement to commemorate International Justice Day
Odhikar has been commemorating International Justice Day for many years now both on its own and as part of the International Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC). On this day, the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was adopted by the international community to end impunity for perpetrators of the most serious crimes […]
International Day in support of victims of torture
26th June, 2011 Press Release On 26th June, 2011, Odhikar arranged a discussion forum at the National Press Club and rallies in six divisional cities across the country for the ‘International Day in Support of Victims of Torture’. Bangladesh, one of the signatories of the United Nations Convention against Torture, ratified it in 1998. However, […]
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