On September 11, 2013 a joint open letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh was issued by 32 regional and international organisations on the continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan and harassment of Odhikar. Adilur Rahman Khan is one of Bangladesh’s most prominent human rights defenders and the Secretary of Odhikar. He is also a […]
Possibility of further crackdown at Odhikar and government’s action to gag the voice of the most vocal human rights organisation in Bangladesh
Dear friends, Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was taken to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court today at 10 o’clock in the morning and kept in the court custody lock-up till 2:00 pm. He was not presented before the Magistrate, even after his lawyers insisted that he be taken. At 2:00 pm Adilur was taken […]
Statement regarding human rights report for August 2013
Odhikar releases its human rights monitoring report every month based on the fact findings carried out by its local human rights defenders across the country and documentation. It has been Odhikar releases its human rights monitoring report eve doing this in an unbiased and responsible manner since its inception in 1994. HRR_Aug 2013_Odhikar (full text […]
Press Release 30 August 2013
statement-odhikar-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)
Human Rights and State Oppression
Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-eng (full text in English, PDF) Statement-HR and State Oppression-2013-bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)
Press Release 16.08.2013
Press Release-16.08.13-Eng (full text in English, PDF) Press Releasel-16.08.13-Bang (full text in Bangla, PDF)
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)