On 22 August 2011 at around 12 noon, Belly Khatun (21) was killed by her husband Md. Anwar Hossain, brothers‐in‐law Ariful Islam Dolon, Md. Ahsanul Islam Meno, father‐in‐law Md. Nurul Islam, sisters‐in‐law Anjuara Khatun, Mossammat Sabina Khatun, brother‐in‐law Md. Zoblu Hossain and her husband’s uncle Abdur Sattar; who poured kerosene on her in the Batia village of Shahjadpur […]
Dewan Shohidur Rahman Shopon was tortured at Kaliakoir Police Station in Gazipur
Dewan Shohidur Rahman Shopon (36) is the son of Dewan Mozibur Rahman and Shefali Begum of Gosatra village in Gazipur. At around 2.30 pm on 19 August 2011, police officers of Kaliakoir Police Station in Gazipur arrested him on suspicion over the theft of a motorcycle. According to the complaint he lodged, in order to get a statement […]
Union Parishad Elections 2011 : narrative report
Odhikar has been working with human rights issues in relation to elections since 1995. As a continuing endeavour Odhikar monitors national elections, by-elections, city corporation elections, and local government elections whenever they are held. Odhikar has also been observing national and local government elections in a number of Asian countries as an international observer. Realising […]
Abdul Karim Gazi was allegedly tortured for 5 days in Kaliganj Police Station, Shatkhira
Abdul Karim Gazi (45), son of Rahmat Gazi Bhanganmari village of Kaliganj thana of Shatkhira district was a suspect in a motorcycle hijacking case in Kaliganj Police Station and on 3 August 2011 he was arrested. In the name of taking confession, the police confined Abdul Karim Gazi in the jail of the Police Station for 5 days […]
Sonia Akhter allegedly killed for dowry in Shirajdikhan Upazilla of Munshiganj district
In the evening of 6 August 2011, Rakib (24), the husband of Sonia Akhter (20) killed his wife by suffocating her. Sheikh Halem, Sonia’s father filed a case as a plaintiff in the Shirajdikhan Police Station of Munshiganj. Sub Inspector (SI) Shofikul Islam of Shirajdikhan Police Station is the investigating officer of the case. At […]
Tapan Das, abducted by alleged DB police from Shyampur in Dhaka
At around 8 pm on 3 August 2011 Tapan Das (40), the son of Tulsi Das and Rajoshri Das of Gowshami Road of 19/1 Nobinchondro, Shyampur was arrested by a few people who identified themselves as Detective Branch (DB) of Police from KB Road of the Mil Barrack area, Gendaria. His family informed Odhikar that since his arrest, […]
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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)