Odhikar

Human rights monitoring report: July 2016

The July 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: A dire political situation and acts of extremism Allegations of enforced disappearance Extrajudicial killings Death in Jail Public lynching Hindrance to freedom of the media, expression and assembly By-elections in two constituencies of Parliament  Human […]

October 24, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

ছয় মাসের মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন ২০১৬

বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতি অত্যন্ত উদ্বেগজনক এবং ২০১৬ সালের জানুয়ারি থেকে জুন এই ছয় মাসের পরিস্থিতি এই উদ্বেগকে আরো ঘনীভূত করেছে। সরকারের ক্রমাগত হয়রানি ও প্রতিবন্ধকতা মোকাবেলা করে অধিকার ২০১৬ সালের জানুয়ারি থেকে জুন এই ছয় মাসের মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনটি প্রকাশ করলো। এই সময়ে দেশের মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতির মারাত্মক অবনতি ঘটেছে। দীর্ঘদিন ধরে মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতা ব্যাহত হচ্ছে এবং […]

October 24, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Six-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report 2016

Odhikar has released this six-monthly human rights monitoring report from January to June 2016, despite facing persecution and continuous harassment and threats to its existence. The human rights situation in Bangladesh has become catastrophic. Hindrances to freedom of expression and repression of the ordinary people and leaders and activists of the opposition political parties continue. […]

October 24, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Allegation of torture to a school boy after detaining him at Jessore Kotowali Police Station

On June 8, 2016 at around 2:30 pm, Sub-Inspector (SI) Biplob Hossain, In-charge of Upashahar Police Outpost, arrested Ainul Haque Rohit (16), a student of class X at Badsha Faisal Islami Institute, from his house. Ainul Haque Rohit is the son of Kamal Hossain and Juli Begum, residents of Sector- 1, Upashahar Union Parishad- 5 […]

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

Odhikar:22 years of defending human rights – despite persecution

Statement from Odhikar Dhaka, October 10, 2016 – Odhikar was established on the 10th of October 1994 with the vision of a society based on the rights and responsibilities of State and citizen. Having rights and being able to freely enjoy them, as inscribed and protected by a democratic constitution, is an obvious expectation, but […]

October 10, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights

Joint Press Release Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights Bangkok-Dhaka-Geneva-Madurai-Paris-Quezon City, September16, 2016 Our organisations strongly condemn today’s arbitrary arrest of Kashmiri human rights defender Mr. Khurram Parvez, and call for his immediate and unconditional release. On September 16 at 12:30 am, police officers came to Khurram Parvez’s home in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, […]

September 17, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed