Odhikar

Odhikar Receives the 2024 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award

The Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) announced today (Nov. 27) that the 2024 Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award (ADHRA) will be awarded to Odhikar, a leading human rights organization in Bangladesh. Odhikar Receives The 2024 Asia Democracy And Human Rights Award

November 27, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women : Statement from Odhikar

24 November 2024 Patria Mirabal, Minerva Mirabal, and Maria Teresa Mirabal were sisters and staunch opponents of Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. On 25 November 1960, they were brutalized and killed while on their way to visit their incarcerated husbands, who had also suffered greatly during Trujillo’s regime. Their assassination and noteworthy opposition […]

November 24, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-month Human Rights Report : July – September 2024

Odhikar had been facing extreme state repression since 2013 from the authoritarian and repressive Awami League regime. However, after the collapse of the regime on 05 August 2024, Odhikar has been able to prepare this third quarterly report  without having to practice self-censorship. It is due to the students and people of Bangladesh that human […]

November 14, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

30 years of Striving to Establish Human Rights: Odhikar’s Statement on the Occasion of its Founding Anniversary

09 October 2024 10th October 2024 is Odhikar’s 30th founding anniversary. On 10th October 1994, Odhikar was established by human rights defenders with the determination to establish human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Bangladesh. On its 30th founding anniversary, Odhikar stands against the last 15 years of violent, authoritarian rule under Sheikh […]

October 9, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠার সংগ্রামের ৩০ বছর: প্রতিষ্ঠাবার্ষিকী উপলক্ষ্যে অধিকার এর বিবৃতি

৯ অক্টোবর ২০২৪ ১০ অক্টোবর ২০২৪ অধিকার এর ৩০ তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী। বাংলাদেশে মানবাধিকার, গণতন্ত্র ও আইনের শাসন প্রতিষ্ঠার সংকল্প নিয়ে ১৯৯৪ সালের ১০ অক্টোবর মানবাধিকার কর্মীদের সংগঠন অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়। অধিকার তার ৩০ তম প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকীতে শেখ হাসিনার কর্তৃত্ববাদী শাসনের বিরুদ্ধে বিগত ১৫ বছরে এবং ২০২৪ এর জুলাই-অগাস্ট মাসের চূড়ান্ত লড়াইয়ে যারা হতাহত হয়েছেন […]

October 9, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Statistics of Killings and Injuries by Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) against Bangladeshi Citizens: 2009 – June 2024

Border 2009 June 2024

September 10, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed