14/09/2023 Press release Bangladesh Human Rights Defenders Odhikar After ten years of relentless judicial harassment, Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, two prominent human rights defenders in Bangladesh, have been sentenced to two years in prison today. Their conviction is based on politically motivated charges and aims to intimidate human rights activists in the […]
Odhikar denounces the imprisonment of its Secretary and Director under the Information and Communication Technology Act
Dhaka, 14 September 2023: The Cyber Tribunal, Dhaka today has sentenced to two years imprisonment and Taka 10,000 fine each, to Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly breaching Section 57 of the repressive Information and Communication Technology Act 2006. They were charged for releasing a report on extrajudicial killings […]
BANGLADESH: Government must cease enforced disappearances, stop harassment of the victims’ families and hold perpetrators accountable
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), Eleos Justice, Monash University, Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy […]
অধিকার এর ওপর চরম রাষ্ট্রীয় নিপীড়নের দশ বছর
১০ অগাস্ট অধিকার এর ওপর চরম রাষ্ট্রীয় নিপীড়ন শুরু হওয়ার দশ বছর। ২০১৩ সালের ৫ ও ৬ মে হেফাজতে ইসলামের সমাবেশকে কেন্দ্র করে বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যাকাণ্ডের ওপর অধিকার তথ্যানুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ করায় ২০১৩ সালের ১০ অগাস্ট অধিকার এর সেক্রেটারি আদিলুর রহমান খানকে পুলিশের গোয়েন্দা শাখা (ডিবি)’র সদস্যরা তুলে নিয়ে যায়। পরবর্তীতে আদিলুর রহমান খান এবং অধিকার […]
Ten years of extreme state repression on Odhikar
10th August marks ten years of extreme state repression on Odhikar. On 10 August 2013, Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was picked up by members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police for publishing a report on extrajudicial killings, centering around the Hefazate Islam rally that took place on 5th and 6th May 2013. Later, […]
Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh: April-June 2023
Odhikar has prepared the human rights report for the month of April-June 2023 based on the reports sent by the human rights defenders associated with the Organisation from different districts of the country, and data published in various media. This report sheds light on the human rights situation of Bangladesh during the said period. In […]
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