Odhikar urges the major political parties to stop partisan conflict and violence and concentrate on resolving the issues between them in a peaceful manner and through dialogue and respect for the human and civil rights of the citizens. In order to campaign for this change, Odhikar organised divisional meetings in Sylhet and Rajshahi Divisional Towns […]
Odhikar : 17 years of protecting rights, freedom and justice
Press Statement Odhikar marks its 17th year of formation on 10 October 2011, which is also the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Campaign against the death penalty is one of the many areas in which Odhikar has dedicated itself for last seventeen years. Created after the fierce movement against military dictatorship, Odhikar as a network […]
Mohammad Mukul Mondol, member of Biplobi Communist Party was allegedly shot dead by Police and RAB in Horinakundu in Jhenaidah
Mohammad Mukul Mondol (32) was the son of late Fokir Chand Mondol and Amena Khatun of Asan Nagar village of Alomdanga thana in Chuadanga district. At 3.10 in the morning of October 5, 2011, he was allegedly shot dead in a field at Michakhali in Pairadanga village by the Police of Horinakundu Police Station and the members of […]
Mosammat Sabina Akhter of Ghatail in Tangail was allegedly killed after dowry violence
At around 12.00 noon of October 3, 2011 Mosammat Sabina Akhter (21) of Nichunpur village of Gopalpur Upazilla in Tangail district was physically abused by her husband Arif Hossain (28), mother-in-law Rashida Begum (50), and father-in-law Korban Ali (55). Sabina died at around 2.30 in the afternoon of October 9, 2011. Sabina’s father Mohammad A. […]
Nine month’s human rights monitoring report : January-September 2011
This human rights monitoring report covers the nine-month period from January to September 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: India-Bangladesh border situation Political violence Attacks on religious minority communities Criminal cases withdrawn out of ‘political consideration’ Public lynching and police indifference Extrajudicial killings Torture in custody Disappearances Attacks on […]
Disappearance of Jubo Union Organiser, K M Shamim Akhtar, after being picked up by members of LEA from Purana Paltan Line in Dhaka City
On September 29, 2011 at around 8.15 in the morning K M Shamim Akhtar (36) was arrested by the members of the law enforcing agency from 6/1, Purana Palton Line, Dhaka-1000. He was the son of Khan Mobarak Hossain and Zohra Akhtar; and a resident of 12/4, Purana Paltan Line (5th floor), of Dhaka Metropolitan City. Shamim’s family […]
Themes
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)