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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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) […]
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 […]
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Members/Partners
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
- CIVICUS
- HURIDOCS
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)