The July 2017 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: – Extrajudicial killings – Death in jail – Torture, inhuman treatment and lack of accountability of law enforcement agencies – Enforced disappearances – Public lynching – Political violence – Election Commission and future elections – […]
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 […]
Detention of Adilur Rahman Khan at KLIA, Malaysia
Detention of Adilur Rahman Khan at KLIA, Malaysia. Statement of Odhikar, 21 July 2017 At approximately 11:00 pm (Bangladesh time), on 19 July 2017, Adilur Rahman Khan Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and Secretary of Odhikar, boarded a Malaysia Airlines flight, MH 113, to Kuala Lumpur to attend the Second General Assembly Meeting […]
A Joint Statement by the AHRC, AFAD and Odhikar, on the Day of International Criminal Justice
A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances and Odhikar, on the Day of International Criminal Justice BANGLADESH: Affording justice to victims is not on the State’s agenda Hong Kong/Dhaka/Manila; 17 July 2017: One of the three main goals of Bangladesh’s War of Independence was ‘social justice’ coupled […]
ছয় মাসের মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন ২০১৭
বাংলাদেশ আন্তর্জাতিক অপরাধ আদালত সংক্রান্ত রোম সংবিধি, জাতিসংঘের নাগরিক ও রাজনৈতিক অধিকারের আন্তর্জাতিক চুক্তি, কনভেনশন এগেইনস্ট টর্চার, সিডোসহ বিভিন্ন সনদে অনুস্বাক্ষর করেছে। এরপরও নাগরিকদের ভোটের অধিকার কেড়ে নেয়াসহ ব্যাপক মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘন, দুর্নীতি এবং অর্থনৈতিক ব্যাপক বৈষম্যের কারণে বাংলাদেশের সার্বিক পরিস্থিতি অত্যন্ত নাজুক অবস্থায় আছে। এই পরিস্থিতিতে নিরপেক্ষ, অংশগ্রহণমূলক, গ্রহণযোগ্য নির্বাচনের মাধ্যমে জবাবদিহিতামূলক সরকার প্রতিষ্ঠিত না […]
Six-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report 2017
Bangladesh has ratified various international conventions and treaties, including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UN-CAT) and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The overall situation […]
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