Odhikar

Odhikar condemns BSF firing at Bangladeshi citizens in Jointapur, Sylhet

March 15, 2010 Statement On March 14, 2010, the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at the Jointapur frontier in Sylhet District which left 15 Bangladeshi citizens injured. The people at the border area had bound to leave their villages due to the sudden attack by the BSF. A tense situation exists all around […]

March 15, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Md. Zakir Hossain allegedly tortured to death in Ramna Model Police Station custody

On March 4, 2010 at around 12.05 pm, Senior Assistant Police Commissioner of the Detective Branch, Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman arrested Md. Zakir Hossain (42) from his rented house at Shahidnagar residential area in Fatulla under Narayanganj district. Zakir Hossain was taken on 2 days remand by DB police. He was sent to Court on March 8, […]

March 4, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

NGO Affairs Bureau’s rejection of Odhikar’s human rights project extension

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a membership-based regional human rights organisation, wrote a letter expressing their deep concerns over the NGO Affairs Bureau’s refusal to extend a human rights training and advocacy project proposed by Odhikar, a local human rights organization in Bangladesh. The project’s activities include advocacy on criminalizing torture, […]

March 2, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : February 2010

The February 2010 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Clashes between Bangali settlers and members of the ethnic minority communities at Rangamati and Khagrachori; Political violence continues: Two students killed during clashes at Dhaka and Rajshahi Universities; BDR mutiny trials begin at Panchagar, Thakurgaon and Dhaka. […]

March 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human Rights Defenders Conference : Odhikar stressed for establishing a nationwide HR Defenders Network to effectively safeguard human rights

Odhikar, with the support of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, organised a two-day Human Rights Defenders Conference on February 19

February 20, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Odhikar’s anti-torture project cancelled again

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) issued an urgent alert to receive the information that the NGO Affairs Bureau of the Bangladesh government released its decision to cancel Odhikar’s anti-torture project for the second time. Odhikar project cancelled-Urgent appeal-2010 (full text in English, PDF)

February 20, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }