Odhikar

Bangladesh: Arbitrary cancellation of Odhikar’s licence

URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY BGD 001 / 0622 / OBS 041 Violation to the right to freedom of association / Reprisals / Harassment Bangladesh June 7, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following […]

June 16, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Government must stop enforced disappearances and ensure right to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence

A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, and Odhikar on the occasion of International Week of the Disappeared 2022 On the occasion of the International Week of the Disappeared, the Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), […]

May 23, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

ত্রৈমাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন : জানুয়ারী-মার্চ ২০২২

অধিকার তার মানবাধিকার সংক্রান্ত কর্মকা- পরিচালনা করতে গিয়ে ২০১৩ সাল থেকে চরম রাষ্ট্রীয় নিপীড়ন ও হয়রানির সম্মুখিন হচ্ছে। রাষ্ট্রের চলমান হয়রানি ও প্রতিবন্ধকতা সত্ত্বেও অধিকার মানবাধিকার লংঘনের বিষয়গুলো তুলে ধরছে। সরকার কর্তৃক নিপীড়ন, নিয়ন্ত্রণ ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতায় হস্তক্ষেপের কারণে অধিকারকে তার মানবাধিকার সংক্রান্ত কর্মকা- পরিচালনার ক্ষেত্রে প্রবল বাধার সম্মুখিন হতে হয়েছে এবং প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশের ক্ষেত্রে […]

April 20, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh : January-March 2022

Odhikar has been facing extreme state repression and harassment since 2013 due to its activities. Despite ongoing harassment and obstruction by the state, Odhikar continues to highlight issues relating to human rights abuses. Government repression and interference has compelled Odhikar to apply self-censorship in its human rights reporting, due to the hindrance on freedom of […]

April 20, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: The Government must amend the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009, with a view to broadening its mandate to protect and promote human rights

(Bangkok/Kathmandu, 25 March 2022) – The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) urges the Government of Bangladesh to take immediate measures to amend the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009 (NHRC Act 2009) in compliance with relevant international human rights standards and Paris Principles. The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh (NHRCB) […]

April 3, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed

BANGLADESH: Annual Human Rights Report 2021

Odhikar was established on 10 October 1994 on the initiative of a few human rights activists, lawyers and teachers who took part in the struggle against the military rule of Lieutenant General Hussein Muhammad Ershad. For the last 27 years, Odhikar has been consistently fighting for the protection of civil, political, social, economic and cultural […]

January 31, 2022 | Read full story | Comments are closed