Odhikar

Three-month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh : January-March 2020

Odhikar_Three-Month_HRR_Jannuary-March_2020 (full text in English, PDF)

May 2, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

AFAD Celebrates the 2020 International Women’s Day

Manila: It can be argued that enforced disappearance (ED) might very well take on a woman’s face. This year the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) celebrates the International Women’s Day by remembering the collective and individual struggles of women family members of ED victims. These women who bear the burden of having a loved […]

March 10, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Odhikar’s Statement to Commemorate International Women’s Day: Stop Violence Against Women to Ensure Gender Equality

Odhikar-Press-Release_8 March 2020 (full text in English, PDF)

March 6, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 120th session in Geneva from 10 to 14 February 2020 to examine more than 530 cases from 32 countries.

February 25, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

“Other than in war situation, there’s no precedence of so many people being killed on a border”

The recent spike in the killings of civilians along the India-Bangladesh border has created a row between the border guards of two countries. A meeting conducted between the senior border officials of two countries failed to break the ground, with both of them accusing each other of escalation. A flag meeting was called, after killing […]

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