Odhikar

Statement on International Human Rights Day 2020

Odhikar releases a statement on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2020, calling for the protection of rights of all human beings without any form of discrimination. The people of Bangladesh have been facing the COVID-19 pandemic together with the state sponsored endemic violations of human rights. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association continue […]

December 9, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

HUMAN RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: A MID-TERM ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE UPR 3RD CYCLE

Joint Submission by the Solidarity Group for Bangladesh comprising of Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the Working […]

December 3, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Violence against women on the rise amid COVID-19 and rampant impunity

A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances, Asian Human Rights Commission, International Federation for Human Rights and Odhikar on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2020 BANGLADESH: Violence against women on the rise amid COVID-19 and rampant impunity Dhaka/Manila/Hong Kong/Paris, 24 November 2020: November 25 […]

November 24, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

ত্রৈমাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন : জুলাই – সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২০

২০২০ সালের ১০ অক্টোবর অধিকার ২৬ বছরে পদার্পন করছে। ১৯৯৪ সালের এই দিনে সামরিক স্বৈরশাসক লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল হুসেইন মোহাম্মদ এরশাদ এর অবৈধ শাসনের বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রামে অংশ নেয়া কয়েকজনের প্রচেষ্টায় মানবাধিকার কর্মীদের সংগঠন অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়। সংগঠনটি প্রতিষ্ঠিত হবার পর থেকে রাষ্ট্রের হাতে সংঘটিত সমস্ত মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘনের ঘটনাগুলো তুলে ধরে জনগণকে সচেতন করার পাশাপাশি আন্তর্জাতিকভাবে স্বীকৃত […]

October 9, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh: July – September 2020

On 10 October 2020, Odhikar celebrates 26 years of human rights activism. On this day in 1994, Odhikar, an organisation of human rights defenders was established through the efforts of a group of activists who took part in the struggle against the autocratic rule of Lieutenant General Hussein Mohammad Ershad. Since its establishment, Odhikar has […]

October 9, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Civil Society Joint Alternative Follow-up Report on Key Recommendations Submitted one year after the UN Committee against Torture’s Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

This Alternative Report is submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights; Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN); Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Odhikar; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) one […]

September 8, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed