Odhikar

“The inspiration is always the people”- An interview with Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, Bangladesh

5 May 2016 10:42 am After talking with its new Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, FORUM-ASIA met with the Secretary of Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan. Adilur has been re-elected for the second time in a row to represent its organisation in the Executive Committee of FORUM-ASIA. Adilur is a practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, […]

May 12, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : April 2016

The April 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Further hindrance to freedom of expression and the media  Political violence and vote rigging in Union Parishad elections Extrajudicial killings  Shooting in the legs of detainees Allegations of enforced disappearance Public lynching continues Human rights […]

May 10, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন : ১-৩০ এপ্রিল ২০১৬

এপ্রিল ২০১৬ এর মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনে বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার অবস্থার যে বিষয়গুলো বিশেষ ভাবে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে তা হলো: সংবাদ মাধ্যম ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতায় বাধা প্রদান চলছে রাজনৈতিক সহিংসতা এবং ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ নির্বাচনে সরকারিদলের ব্যাপক অনিয়ম বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যাকাণ্ড অব্যাহত আটকের পর আটককৃতদের পায়ে গুলি করার প্রবণতা অব্যাহত ধরে নিয়ে যাওয়ার পর গুম করার অভিযোগ  গণপিটুনীতে মানুষ হত্যা […]

May 10, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Joint Statement: BANGLADESH: Impunity and corporate interests end lives and livelihoods

April 9, 2016 Bangladesh police have once again killed protestors. This time four out of a few hundred villagers who protested on 4 April 2016 have been killed. The farmers were protesting against acquisition of their agricultural lands without consent or adequate compensation, for the purpose of establishing a coal-fired power plant at Gondamara Village […]

April 11, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Joint Statement: BANGLADESH: Call for justice after another police shooting of a human rights defender

April 6, 2016 A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders [a joint programme of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)], and Odhikar. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the Asian Human Rights Commission, and Odhikar urge the global human […]

April 6, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : March 2016

The March 2016 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: 37 killed in violence during local government elections in March Human rights defender shot in the leg while observing elections Extrajudicial killings Inhuman treatment and lack of accountability of law enforcers Allegations of enforced disappearance […]

April 1, 2016 | Read full story | Comments are closed