Odhikar

Press Release 30 August 2013

statement-odhikar-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 30, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human Rights and State Oppression

Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-eng (full text in English, PDF) Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 24, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Press Release 16.08.2013

Press Release-16.08.13-Eng (full text in English, PDF) Press Releasel-16.08.13-Bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)

August 16, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Killing of Mohammad Shamim Sharkar by the police of Savar Police Station

On June 5, 2013, residents of Hemayetpur, Mohammad Shamim Sharkar (32) son of Mohammad Abul Halim Sharkar and Mosammat Jayvanu and Mohammad Saiful Islam Khan (25) son of Hazrat Ali Khan and Nasima Akhter, were arrested by police, led by assistant Sub Inspector (A.S.I) Mohammad Akidul Islam at around 7:30 in the evening for being […]

August 13, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed
Adilur Rahman Khan arrested - Photograph: Indrajit Ghosh/Demotix/Corbis

Statement on arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar

Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar was picked up by approximately 10 plainclothes men from the Detective Branch of Police (DB) at 10.20 pm on August 10, 2013 and taken to the DB custody in Mintoo Road, Dhaka.  He was picked up in front of his house at Gulshan, after returning from a relative’s house […]

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

Arrest and enforced disappearance of Mohammad Anwarul Islam by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members

On April 5, 2013 at around 2:25am, members of  Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) -5 arrested Mr. Mohammad Anwarul Islam (28) the son of Mohammad Israil and Mosammat Nurjahan Begumof Angariapara village in Chapainawabganj from house number 175 of Bil-Shimla Moholla under Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi district. Later, when family members contacted the RAB-5 office, […]

August 4, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed