Odhikar publishes a list of persons who were killed extrajudicially by the security forces on 5 and 6 May 2013 in Dhaka and outside Dhaka centring around the Hefazate Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel, Dhaka. In 2013, Odhikar conducted a fact-finding mission into that massacre committed by the security forces and published a […]
হেফাজত ইসলামের সমাবেশকে কেন্দ্র করে ২০১৩ সালের মে মাসের ৫ ও ৬ তারিখে নিহত ব্যক্তিদের নামের তালিকা
মানবাধিকার সংগঠন অধিকার ঢাকার মতিঝিলের শাপলা চত্বরে হেফাজতে ইসলামের সমাবেশকে কেন্দ্র করে ৫ এবং ৬ মে ২০১৩ ঢাকায় এবং ঢাকার বাইরে বিভিন্ন এলাকায় নিরাপত্তা বাহিনী কর্তৃক বিচারবহির্ভূতভাবে নিহত ব্যক্তিদের একটি তালিকা প্রকাশ করছে। ২০১৩ সালে অধিকার নিরাপত্তা বাহিনীর দ্বারা সংঘটিত সেই নির্বিচারে হত্যাযজ্ঞের একটি তথ্যানুসন্ধান মিশন পরিচালনা করে এবং ৬১ জন নিহত উল্লেখ করে একটি […]
Three-month Human Rights Report : April – June 2024
Odhikar has been facing extreme state repression and harassment since 2013 while carrying out its activities as a human rights organisation. Despite continued harassment and obstruction by the state, the Organisation continues to monitor human rights violations in accordance with international human rights law and standards. The government’s repression, regulation and interference with freedom of […]
Statement of the 1st Women’s Congress on Enforced Disappearances
July 10, 2024 | Dhaka, Bangladesh Government must return the disappeared persons and ensure justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence Whereas, in Bangladesh, enforced disappearance remains unabated with nearly 700 reported victims from 2009 to 2023, many of whom have not yet been located, and those who have resurfaced alive reported experiencing torture and inhumane […]
BANGLADESH: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims
A Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice, Monash University, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy […]
Bangladesh: Government must work towards abolishing the death penalty
Odhikar along with six other organizations have issued a joint statement to urge the Government of Bangladesh to work towards abolishing the death penalty, following the conviction and sentencing to death of a national of Botswana for drug related offences. Abolition Of The Death Penalty
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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)