27/08/2016 PRESS RELEASE South Africa(Johannesburg) Today Dimitris Christopoulos was elected President of FIDH. He succeeds Iranian lawyer Karim Lahidji who headed the international human rights NGO for the last three years. The vote was held during the 39th FIDH Congress in Johannesburg where its 178 member organisations […]
Banishing barbarous torture
June 26, 2016 by CR Abrar International DayToday, June 26, is being globally commemorated as International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture denies inherent dignity of human beings and has a lasting debilitating effect on the victim’s personality. Termed by the United Nations as one of the vilest acts perpetrated by human beings […]
Letter from the Anti Corruption Commission
Dear Friends This afternoon I received a letter from the Anti Corruption Commission which stated that the investigation regarding the money laundering allegations against Odhikar had yielded no proof and had thus been recorded as having been ‘resolved’. I have attached the original Bangla version and an English translation here. Once again, thank you so […]
Of bail and bail bandits
June 18, 2016 The independence of the judiciary, respect for the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights are some of the foundations of a democratic society. The more these are abused, the weaker democracy will become, writes Saira Rahman Khan IN THE past few days there has been a slight flurry in the […]
CITIZENSHIP LAW 2016: Need for thorough scrutiny, drastic revision
June 10, 2016 by CR Abrar MEDIA reports inform that in early February the cabinet has approved the Citizenship Act 2016. The text is likely to be placed in the parliament in its next session. The act is meant to supersede the Citizenship Act 1951 and the Bangladesh Citizenship (Temporary Provisions) Order 1972. A sensitive […]
মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনঃ মে ২০১৬
মে ২০১৬ এর মাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদনে বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার অবস্থার নিন্মোক্ত বিষয়গুলো বর্ণনা করা হলোঃ সংবাদ মাধ্যম ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতায় হস্তক্ষেপ রাজনৈতিক সহিংসতা এবং স্থানীয় সরকার নির্বাচনে সরকারি দলের ব্যাপক অনিয়ম ধরে নিয়ে যাওয়ার পর গুম করার অভিযোগ বিচারবহির্ভূত হত্যাকাণ্ড বাঁশখালীর গণ্ডামারা এলাকাবাসীর ওপর হামলা ও হয়রানি অব্যাহত আইন শৃংখলা রক্ষাকারী বাহিনীর সদস্যদের আইনবহির্ভূত আচরণ গণপিটুনীতে […]
Themes
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)