As part of Odhikar’s campaign to stop human rights violations at the India-Bangladesh border by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), Odhikar organised a National Advocacy Meeting on November 24, 2012 under the topic ‘Human Rights Violations at the India-Bangladesh Border’. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar. The key […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONFERENCE 2012
Odhikar, being an organisation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh, strongly believes that ‘human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, nationalities or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible’. Odhikar stands against all forms of human […]
A bloodstained garment sector: impunity of government officials and factory owners: Tazreen Fashions Limited tragedy
The Garment industry in Bangladesh has developed tremendously since the eighties, however, in an unplanned way. Currently, 3.5 million workers are engaged in 5,000 factories, 80 percent of them women. The readymade garment sector earns Bangladesh a major share of the foreign reserve, and hence keeping the economy moving. During the last fiscal year 2011-2012, […]
The battle continues : aspects of violence against women in Bangladesh
From July 2011 to June 2012, Odhikar carried out a project to study the situation of some common instances of violence against women in four areas of Bangladesh. The acts of violence were dowry-related violence, acid violence and rape. The study areas were Satkhira, Sirajganj, Tangail and Munshiganj. The study was supported by the Finnish NGO Foundation for Human Rights, […]
The simultaneous destruction of Buddhist and Hindu temples with flammable substances and explosives resulting in enormous damage to people’s property and trust
This report was prepared by an Odhikar fact finding team after visiting the crime scenes in Cox’s Bazar and Chittagong. On September 29, 2012 about 7.30 pm, a controversial photo showing disrespect for the Holy Quran was shared from the facebook profile of a local Buddhist young man called Uttom Kumar Borua of Haitupi village, […]
BSF firing injures three farmers, Setaur, Abu Sayem and Saidul at Unishbighi border in Chapainawabganj
On October 7, 2012 at around 7:30am Mohammad Setaur Rahman (54) and Mohammad Abu Sayem (33), both sons of late Mohammad Ilias Uddin and late Mosammot Golmahata Begum of Unishbighi village of Shibganj Upazila in Chapainawabganj district along with Mohammad Saidul Islam (35) son of Mohammad Farzan Ali and Mosammot Hanefa Begum were plucking weeds […]
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