On July 05, 2011, senior assistant officer Khandaker Ashaduzzaman (32) of Reliance Insurance Limited and his colleague (who wishes to remain unnamed) spent the entire day at the office. At 7:59 pm (check-out time as entered on the office online register) the two colleagues headed out from the Mohakhali office in Dhaka to go home. Since the Bangladesh […]
Ashraful Islam killed and Elaich Mia injured in BSF shooting at Bholaganj Border, Companyganj Sub-District, Sylhet
Kalidar Stone Quarry is located on the banks of the Dholai River area in Companyganj sub-district, Sylhet. The Bangladesh government earns significant revenue from extracting mineral resources from this quarry. These lands are leased out by the government to the locals every year for extraction of mineral resources. The lessees employ their own labourers at the quarries and […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-June 2011
This human rights monitoring report covers the six-month period from January to June 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: Political violence continues into 2011 Political violence related to elections Extrajudicial killings Death in custody Public lynching Rapid Action Batallion (RAB) in the news The Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009 and […]
International Day in support of victims of torture
26th June, 2011 Press Release On 26th June, 2011, Odhikar arranged a discussion forum at the National Press Club and rallies in six divisional cities across the country for the ‘International Day in Support of Victims of Torture’. Bangladesh, one of the signatories of the United Nations Convention against Torture, ratified it in 1998. However, […]
One Bangladeshi killed and two shot and wounded by the BSF at the Gazipur border under Satkhira district
On April 18, 2011 at around 1.00 am, Rekatul Islam (17) was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the sub pillar 4 of the International pillar 4 at Gazipur border under Satkhira district. Mohammad Shahadat Hossain (25) and Mohammad Zakir Hossain (28) were injured when the BSF opened fire at them […]
Four student leaders allegedly injured in an attack by Chattra League members in Narayangonj
At around 12 noon on June 8, 2011, Mostafizur Rahman Titu, the leader of Bangladesh Awami League supported student organisation, Bangladesh Chattra League, and 20/25 associates allegedly attacked four ‘leftist’ leaders, in Narayangonj Tolaram Government College, who were distributing leaflets in support of a hartal (general strike). The hartal was being called to protest the […]
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- 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)