The Government Must Stop its Security Forces’ Killing Spree The Home Minister should Resign The Government Must Immediately Resolve this Crisis through Dialogue statement-ongoing hr violations Bangladesh-2013 (full text in English, PDF) statement-ongoing hr violations Bangladesh-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)
Human rights monitoring report : February 2013
The February 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Rally at Shahbagh calling for capital punishment for war criminals; blasphemous statements on some blogs instigate violence; deaths; attacks on journalists; and more issues regarding freedom of speech and expression. 37 persons killed extra judicially. […]
Human rights monitoring report : January 2013
The January 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, and deals in particular with the following subjects: Political violence continues Use of pepper spray by police during hartal and hunger-strike Meetings stopped by imposing section 144 of the Cr.PC Human rights violations along the border by BSF Extrajudicial killings […]
DB Police firing allegedly killed Roni
Members of the Detective Branch of police (DB) in Dhaka shot 16-year-old Mohammad Shahadat Hossain Roni to death on October 13, 2012 at around 3:00pm in Ashulia, his family members have claimed. Roni is the son Hazrat Ali and Anu Begum of Chanpur village under Savar Police Station and was an 11th grade student of commerce department in […]
Human rights report 2012 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh
The Human rights movement does not merely revolve around activities to protect victims of human rights violations from the abuses of the State, but by its very gesture interrogates the nature of political power and the moral and cultural foundations of a society. In countries like Bangladesh, where democratic transformation is still a task to […]
National Advocacy Meeting On Human Rights Violation at the India Bangladesh Border
As part of Odhikar’s campaign to stop human rights violations at the India-Bangladesh border by Indian Border Security Force (BSF), Odhikar organised a National Advocacy Meeting on November 24, 2012 under the topic ‘Human Rights Violations at the India-Bangladesh Border’. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar. The key […]
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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)