New low in Bangladesh politics C R Abrar THIS week has marked an important watershed in Bangladesh’s fast eroding political culture. The universal norm of respecting the dead not only fell short, but sunk to a new low when a diatribe was orchestrated against a dead professor who held non-conformist views of society and politics, […]
PASLET – Participation in Action, Sharing, Learning and Evolving Together
PASLET – Participation in Action, Sharing, Learning and Evolving Together (2014) was produced during a project supported by the Youth in Action programme of the European Union. The publication shares good practices on youth participation in Finland, Bangladesh, Nepal and Slovenia. It has been produced in cooperation with the Bangladeshi human rights organisation Odhikar and […]
20 YEARS OF ODHIKAR: Keeping flames of human rights alight
by CR Abrar October 10, 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of rights organisation Odhikar. Since its launch at the heyday of the military dictatorship of General Ershad, Odhikar has resolutely stood up for rights and dignity of ordinary people of Bangladesh. On the one hand, it championed civil and political rights and was at the […]
Adilur Rahman Khan Film Portrait – Martin Ennals Award Nominee 2014
This film contains the arrest and detention of the Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khna. He has been honoured Martin Ennals Award 2014. Adilur spoke on the human rights situation of Bangladesh. Adilur Rahman Khan Film Portrait – Martin Ennals Award Nominee 2014 Adilur Rahman Khan – Jury Quotes A Message from Adilur Rahman Khan
Human rights monitoring report : September 2014
The September 2014 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Political violence Extrajudicial killings Torture in custody Allegations of enforced disappearance Situation of ready-made garment workers Barriers to meetings and assemblies Attacks on journalists Repressive Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 (Amended 2009 & 2013) […]
Statement Submitted to Mr. Maina Kiai, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association
Bangladesh: Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association in Jeopardy: Voices of vocal human rights defenders and organistions gagged Even though forty three years have passed since the liberation of Bangladesh, her people are still struggling to constitute a democratic state, based on equality, human dignity and social justice. The present government led by Awami League […]
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