Odhikar

BANGLADESH: Accountability is a must for ending torture and impunity

A Joint Statement by Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on the […]

June 24, 2023 | Read full story | Comments are closed
Odhikar Statement

BANGLADESH: Government must investigate all cases of enforced disappearance, stop acts of retaliation, hold perpetrators accountable, and ensure the security of victims’ families

A Joint Statement by Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and World […]

May 25, 2023 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh: January-March 2023

The human rights violations in the first three months of 2023 are a continuation of the human rights violations that have been going on for the past 14 years. After the current Awami League government came to power in 2009, it has been using all the state institutions, including the Election Commission, the Anti-Corruption Commission […]

April 26, 2023 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Annual Human Rights Report 2022

Odhikar continues to struggle for the establishment of a democratic state based on equality, human dignity and social justice. Odhikar monitors and highlights the human rights situation of the country, with the aim of ensuring the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the people. Odhikar has faced severe state repression and harassment since […]

January 30, 2023 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh : July-September 2022

Since 2013, Odhikar has been facing severe obstacles to conducting its human rights activities due to extreme state repression, harassment and interference with freedom of expression. In continuation of this, government surveillance and harassment on Odhikar continued even when the report for the three months of July-September 2022 was being published. During this period, the […]

December 31, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Government must stop human rights violations and end impunity

A Joint Statement on the occasion of 10 December – International Human Rights Day 2022 Dhaka/ Bangkok/ Geneva/ Hong Kong/ Johannesburg/ Kuala Lumpur/ Manila/ Paris/ Washington DC, 09 December 2022: The undersigned human rights organisations commemorate all victims of human rights violations and stand in solidarity with the victims’ families in Bangladesh and across the […]

December 14, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed