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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
বার্ষিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন ২০২১
স্বৈরশাসক লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ এর সামরিক শাসনের বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রামে অংশ নেয়া কয়েকজন মানবাধিকারকর্মী, আইনজীবী ও শিক্ষকের উদ্যোগে ১৯৯৪ সালের ১০ অক্টোবর মানবাধিকার সংগঠন অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়। গত ২৭ বছর ধরে অধিকার জনগণের নাগরিক, রাজনৈতিক, সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক ও সাংস্কৃতিক অধিকার রক্ষায় নিরন্তর সংগ্রাম করে চলেছে। অধিকার রাষ্ট্রর হাতে সংঘটিত সমস্ত মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘনের ঘটনাগুলো তুলে […]
UN Human Rights Council and OHCHR must adopt a new mandate on Bangladesh to collect evidence of gross human rights violations.
A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Mayer Daak and Odhikar on International Human Rights Day, 2021 Manila, Dhaka, 09 December, 2021: AFAD, Mayer Daak and Odhikar pay tribute to all victims of human rights violations and stand in solidarity with the victims’ families in Bangladesh and across the world while […]
India: Kashmiri Activist Held Under Abusive Law
(New York, November 25, 2021) – Indian authorities have detained the prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez under an abusive counterterrorism law that is increasingly used against activists and critics of the government, six human rights groups said today. The Indian government should immediately end violations of the rights to liberty and a fair […]
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