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Annual Human Rights Report 2015 : Odhikar Report on Bangladesh

The human rights situation in Bangladesh has been of increasing concern over the past few years, as outlined by Odhikar’s annual Human Rights Report 2015. This informative report addresses human rights violations, particularly the state of rights of citizens after the highly controversial parliamentary elections of 2014 and in the face of alarming levels of […]

November 16, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনঃ অক্টোবর ২০১৬

অক্টোবর ২০১৬ এর মাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনে বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার অবস্থার নিন্মোক্ত বিষয়গুলো বর্ণনা করা হলোঃ রাজনৈতিক সহিংসতা ইউনিয়ন পরিষদের নির্বাচন কেন্দ্র দখল, জাল ভোট ও ভোট বর্জনের মধ্যে দিয়ে অনুষ্ঠিত গুম বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যাকাণ্ড অমানবিক আচরণ ও আইন-শৃঙ্খলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনীর জবাবদিহিতার অভাব কারাগারে মৃত্যু গণপিটুনীতে মানুষ হত্যা সভা-সমাবেশ ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতা বাধাগ্রস্ত যথেচ্ছ আঙ্গুলের ছাপ নেয়ার কারণে […]

November 1, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report: October 2016

The October 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report of Odhikar describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically highlighting the following areas: Political violence Enforced disappearances Extrajudicial killings Inhuman treatment and lack of accountability of law enforcement agencies Death in jail Public lynching Hindrance to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression Indiscriminate fingerprinting causes citizens […]

November 1, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

ANFREL’s AERC Launches Book on “Electoral Challenges in Asia Today”

ANFREL through its Asian Electoral Resource Center (AERC) introduces its latest publication “Electoral Challenges in Asia Today.” The book is a compilation of researches conducted by electoral experts from across 13 countries in Asia. It presents what are deemed to be the most pressing challenges to advancing electoral democracy in Asia over the last decade. […]

November 1, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Reject impunity: Don’t withdraw from the ICC

Declaration of FIDH and more than 100 Member and Partner Organisations (List below) Our organisations defend human rights worldwide and accompany victims of the most serious crimes, wherever they occur and whomever the perpetrators. We fervently deplore actions taken by the governments of Burundi and South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]

October 29, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Joint Press Release on Indian authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez

Joint Press Release The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (The Observatory) The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Human Rights Defenders Alert – India (HRDA) FORUM-ASIA The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) Odhikar  India: Authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez […]

October 27, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed