Odhikar

BANGLADESH: Adilur’s release carries comprehensive message for civil society

AHRC-STM-184-2013 (full text in English, PDF)

October 12, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Odhikar under Surveillance: 19 Years of Struggle for Upholding Human Rights in Bangladesh

Statement_19 years of Odhikar (full text in English, PDF)

October 11, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

The release on bail of Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan must be the first step to respect and protect human rights defenders

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, completed their mission to Bangladesh, they call for an end to the prosecution of leading human rights lawyer Adilur Rahman Khan and to ensure full respect for the […]

October 11, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Attorney General plays key role to deny Adilur’s bail granted by High Court

Bangladesh’s authorities are trying to block the process of releasing the human rights defender Adilur Rahman Khan, today, October 9, 2013. A Division Bench of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh granted six months interim bail to Adilur Rahman Khan yesterday, 8 October 2013. Nearly after two months since the detention […]

October 9, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Statement by Odhikar 08/10/2013

On 8th October 2013 the High Court Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh granted ad-interim bail to Odhikar’s secretary Advocate Adilur Rahman Khan. The High Court bench comprised with Justice Borhan Uddin and Justice KM Kamrul Kader. Advocate AJ Mohammad Ali appeared on behalf of Adilur Rahman Khan. He was assisted by Advocate Ruhul Amin […]

October 8, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Press Statement 1 October 2013

Today is the 1st October 2013. Today Odhikar was supposed to release its monthly human rights monitoring report for September 2013. However, as was the case in August 2013, it is unable to do so. The bail petition for Odhikar’s Secretary Advocate Adilur Rahman Khan was rejected for the third time after his arbitrary detention […]

October 1, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed