Odhikar

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam allegedly disappeared after being picked up by RAB

At around 4.30pm on February 15, 2011, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam (41), a salesman of ‘Islam Departmental Store’, located at 620, North Shahjahanpur in Dhaka Metropolitan City, was detained by RAB members. It was alleged by the family members of Rafiqul that after being detained, he was not to be found anywhere. The family members of Rafiqul stated that […]

February 15, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Bangladesh : mid-term assessment and report on the Universal Periodic Review

Bangladesh has so far failed to implement the promises made before the international community in the Human Rights Council, on key human rights issues. The elected government of Bangladesh, within weeks of coming to office in first week of January 2009, sent a high profile delegation, headed by the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Dr. Dipu […]

February 10, 2011 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report: January 2011

The January 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically covering the following areas and cases: Bangladeshi girl killed and hung on barbed wire fence by the BSF Criminal cases withdrawn out of ‘political’ consideration’ Political violence continues Pourashava (Municipality) Elections 2011 By-elections in two constituencies Meetings of Lamppost, […]

February 1, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Kazi Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain Abir was allegedly shot dead by police at Pollobi in Dhaka

Kazi Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain Abir (16), son of Kazi Golam Faruk, was a resident of Rupnagar residential area at Pollobi in Dhaka. At around 8:30pm on January 10, 2011, he was killed by the police forces of Pollobi Police Station. It was alleged by the family members of Abir that he was shot dead by the police at […]

January 10, 2011 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights report 2010 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh

The overwhelming lack of political tolerance, absence of necessary and effective institutions to ensure a democratic polity and blatant violations of human rights still remain the biggest hurdles for democracy in Bangladesh.This atmosphere leads to the manifestation of undemocratic and dictatorial nature of power that abuses the state machinery for parison and narrow political gain. Immediately after coming […]

January 1, 2011 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

“Trigger happy” : excessive use of force by Indian troops at the Bangladesh border

This report documents a pattern of grave abuses by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) against both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals in the border area along India’s 2,000 kilometer long international fontier with Bangladesh in West Bengal state. The abuses include cases of indiscriminate killing and torture. Most of the abuses documented in this report are […]

December 1, 2010 | Read full story | Comments are closed