The October 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report of Odhikar describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically highlighting the following areas: Political violence Enforced disappearances Extrajudicial killings Inhuman treatment and lack of accountability of law enforcement agencies Death in jail Public lynching Hindrance to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression Indiscriminate fingerprinting causes citizens […]
ANFREL’s AERC Launches Book on “Electoral Challenges in Asia Today”
ANFREL through its Asian Electoral Resource Center (AERC) introduces its latest publication “Electoral Challenges in Asia Today.” The book is a compilation of researches conducted by electoral experts from across 13 countries in Asia. It presents what are deemed to be the most pressing challenges to advancing electoral democracy in Asia over the last decade. […]
Reject impunity: Don’t withdraw from the ICC
Declaration of FIDH and more than 100 Member and Partner Organisations (List below) Our organisations defend human rights worldwide and accompany victims of the most serious crimes, wherever they occur and whomever the perpetrators. We fervently deplore actions taken by the governments of Burundi and South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) […]
Joint Press Release on Indian authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez
Joint Press Release The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (The Observatory) The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Human Rights Defenders Alert – India (HRDA) FORUM-ASIA The International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED) Odhikar India: Authorities prolong unlawful detention of Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez […]
Solidarity Statement from Gwangju Prize for Human Rights Laureates
We gathered in Kuala Lumpur over three days – 19-21 October 2016 – at the invitation of the May 18 Memorial Foundation, Bersih 2.0 and Suaram. Eleven countries were represented: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor Leste. laureates_statement_final_24-10-16 (full text in English, PDF)
মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনঃ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৬
সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৬ এর মাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনে বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার অবস্থার নিন্মোক্ত বিষয়গুলো বর্ণনা করা হলোঃ রাজনৈতিক সহিংসতা গুম বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যাকাণ্ড শ্রমিকদের অধিকার: টাম্পাকো কারখানায় বিস্ফোরণে শ্রমিকদের মৃত্যু নির্যাতন, অমানবিক আচরণ, অবৈধভাবে আটক ও আইন-শৃঙ্খলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনীর জবাবদিহিতার অভাব কারাগারে মৃত্যু গণপিটুনীতে মানুষ হত্যা সংবাদ মাধ্যম ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতায় হস্তক্ষেপ সভা-সমাবেশে বাধা ভারত সরকারের আগ্রাসী নীতি অব্যাহত […]
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