Odhikar monitors the status of human rights situations according to the rights available in the existing Constitution of Bangladesh as well as in various international instruments. For the last 17 months, since the State of Emergency was imposed on January 11, 2007, Odhikar paid special attention to ‘Emergency’, an extraordinary measure in itself that poses […]
A Man allegedly shot to death by police at Chuadanga
At around 11.30 pm on April 4, 2008, Mohir Uddin (26) from the village of Jagonnathpur of Alamdanga, Chuadanga, was allegedly shot to death by police. However, the police have stated that Mohir Uddin was killed in a “shootout”. Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full text in English, PDF) Chuadanga-Man shot death-Extra judicial killing-2008 (full […]
Human rights monitoring report : May 2008
The May 2008 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Concern over the Indian High Commissioner’s comment on the extrajudicial killings on the border Stop mass arrests Stop putting fetters on prisoners Freedom of expression Extrajudicial killings Rape Dowry Acid violence Death in jail The report […]
A young man allegedly beaten to death by RAB at Shariatpur
Md. Afzal Khan (21), a resident of the village of Binodpur Charerkandi at Shariatpur district was arrested by a team of RAB-8 on March 18, 2008. Afzal’s family alleged that he later on fell ill due to torture by RAB and died on March 20 while receiving treatment at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Shariatpur-Young […]
16 months of emergency in Bangladesh : fundamental rights in the Constitution must be restored
Odhikar monitors status of human rights situations according to the standard set by Constitution of Bangladesh as well as in various international instruments. For the last 16 months, since the State of Emergency proclaimed on January 11, 2007, Odhikar paid special attention to Emergency as such an extraordinary measure in itself constitute major challenge to […]
A man was allegedly tortured to death by the police of Kushtia
The family members of Akhtar Hossain (35) alleged that at 2 am on March 10, 2008, Akhtar Hossain was physically tortured to death by the Police of the Kushtia Sadar Police Station. However, the Police commented that he was killed by a mob as he went to collect extortion money behind Bismillah Fish Hatchery at […]
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