A Joint Statement by Odhikar and the World Organisation Against Torture to commemorate International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2021 BANGLADESH: Torture continues as perpetrators are rewarded Dhaka/Geneva, 25 June 2021: Odhikar and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)remember and pay tribute to victims of torture and stand in solidarity with the victims […]
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BANGLADESH: Government must conduct impartial and thorough investigations into all cases of enforced disappearance and bring the perpetrators to justice
Dhaka/Manila/Paris, 25 May 2021: Every year, advocates against enforced disappearance commemorate the International Week of the Disappeared on the last week of May. This week, AFAD, FIDH, Mayer Daak, and Odhikar join the global community in remembering those who have been forcibly disappeared and call upon the government of Bangladesh to return all disappeared persons […]
Odhikar’s Statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2021: Government interference in the media must stop and repressive ICT Act and DSA must be repealed
3 May is World Press Freedom Day, as recognised by the United Nations. This year’s theme for World Press Freedom Day, “Information as a Public Good”, serves as a call to affirm the importance of cherishing reliable information as a public good. However, while this day is being commemorated all over the world, the freedom […]
বিশ্ব মুক্ত গণমাধ্যম দিবস ২০২১ উপলক্ষে অধিকার এর বিবৃতি : সংবাদমাধ্যমের ওপর সরকারের হস্তক্ষেপ বন্ধ এবং তথ্য ও যোগাযোগ প্রযুক্তি আইন ও ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইন বাতিল করতে হবে!
৩ মে জাতিসংঘ দ্বারা স্বীকৃত বিশ্ব মুক্ত গণমাধ্যম দিবস। এই বছরের বিশ্ব মুক্ত গণমাধ্যম দিবসের প্রতিপাদ্য হলো “তথ্য জনসাধারণের পন্য”– এটি জনসাধারণের পণ্য হিসাবে নির্ভরযোগ্য তথ্য লালন করার গুরুত্বকে নিশ্চিত করার জন্য কাজ করে। কিন্তু সারাবিশ্বে যখন এই দিবস পালিত হতে যাচ্ছে, তখন বাংলাদেশে অবাধ তথ্য প্রবাহ এবং বস্তুনিষ্ঠ সংবাদ পরিবেশন ব্যাহত করে সংবাদমাধ্যমের স্বাধীনতা […]
BANGLADESH: Ensure Women’s Empowerment by Achieving Gender Equality
A joint statement by AFAD and Odhikar on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2021 Violence and discrimination against women are widespread in Bangladesh. Moreover, due to rampant human rights violations such as enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody due to torture, majority of women from victim families face trauma, insecurity and financial difficulties. […]
Death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail while detained under the Digital Security Act
27 February 2021 Statement of Odhikar Odhikar is deeply concerned over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed on 25 February 2021, who was detained in Kashimpur Central Jail under the repressive Digital Security Act, 2018. Police also attacked anti-government student organisations in Dhaka when they brought out a rally in protest of his death and […]
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