Odhikar has been monitoring the situation of Rohingyas since 2012. Subsequent to the genocidal attacks on the Rohingya community by the Myanmar military and Buddhist extremists on 9 October 2016 and 25 August 2017, Odhikar took the testimonials of 150 Rohingya victims who took refuge in Bangladesh. Based on these testimonials, Odhikar and the Asian […]
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FACT-FINDING MISSION REPORT ON THE ROHINGYA FROM 10-16 JANUARY 2018
The main objective of the mission was to collect information about the actual human rights situation in Rakhine (Arakan) state of Myanmar and analyse the information to understand the pattern of genocide faced by the Rohingya survivors and also to make a proper documentation of the violence for future reference. FFM_Report_1 (full text in English, PDF)
ROHINGYA: THE MOST PERSECUTED MINORITY COMMUNITY IN MYANMAR
150 case studies of the atrocities by the Myanmar Military: Between January to November 2017 Odhikar carried out a fact finding mission in several places in Cox’s Bazaar where Rohingya refugees have been kept. These places include both registered and unregistered camps in areas such as Shah Porir Dwip, Teknaf, Leda village, Palong Khali and […]
Bangladesh: Impunity reigns for human rights violations against Santal people
Odhikar, FIDH and the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) published a joint report, entitled “Slap on the wrist: Impunity for human rights violations against Santal community members in Bangladesh”, based on a fact-finding mission conducted by Odhikar from 19 to 22 November 2016. The report documents a series of attacks against members of the Santal community […]
Temples and residences of Hindu minority attacked in Rajganj of Begumganj Upazila in Noakhali district
On February 28, 2013 the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi with death penalty for crimes committed against humanity during the liberation war of 1971. In protest against the judgment, Jamaat-e-Islami called for hartal all over the country, which claimed five lives in brutal clashes between the police and the activists […]
BROKEN DREAMS: A REPORT ON THE RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE
Since the 1980s, starting as a response to adjust the economy and resolve the balance of payment deficit; export oriented readymade garment industries have been growing fast. The processes of underdevelopment, coupled with the failure to constitute a democratic state, contributed to the rapid pauperization of the rural areas, releasing cheap labour and forcing people […]
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