On 22 August 2011 at around 12 noon, Belly Khatun (21) was killed by her husband Md. Anwar Hossain, brothers‐in‐law Ariful Islam Dolon, Md. Ahsanul Islam Meno, father‐in‐law Md. Nurul Islam, sisters‐in‐law Anjuara Khatun, Mossammat Sabina Khatun, brother‐in‐law Md. Zoblu Hossain and her husband’s uncle Abdur Sattar; who poured kerosene on her in the Batia village of Shahjadpur […]












Dewan Shohidur Rahman Shopon was tortured at Kaliakoir Police Station in Gazipur
Dewan Shohidur Rahman Shopon (36) is the son of Dewan Mozibur Rahman and Shefali Begum of Gosatra village in Gazipur. At around 2.30 pm on 19 August 2011, police officers of Kaliakoir Police Station in Gazipur arrested him on suspicion over the theft of a motorcycle. According to the complaint he lodged, in order to get a statement […]
Open letter regarding the situation of human rights defenders in Bangladesh
H.E. Mrs. Margaret Sekaggya UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, c/o Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Open letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), a regional federation of human rights organizations of advocates and families of the disappeared in Asia working directly on the issue of enforced disappearance, is deeply concerned with the bleak situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in Asia, whose difficult work for human rights protection in their respective […]
Union Parishad Elections 2011 : narrative report
Odhikar has been working with human rights issues in relation to elections since 1995. As a continuing endeavour Odhikar monitors national elections, by-elections, city corporation elections, and local government elections whenever they are held. Odhikar has also been observing national and local government elections in a number of Asian countries as an international observer. Realising […]
Abdul Karim Gazi was allegedly tortured for 5 days in Kaliganj Police Station, Shatkhira
Abdul Karim Gazi (45), son of Rahmat Gazi Bhanganmari village of Kaliganj thana of Shatkhira district was a suspect in a motorcycle hijacking case in Kaliganj Police Station and on 3 August 2011 he was arrested. In the name of taking confession, the police confined Abdul Karim Gazi in the jail of the Police Station for 5 days […]
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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)