On September 11, 2013 a joint open letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh was issued by 32 regional and international organisations on the continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan and harassment of Odhikar. Adilur Rahman Khan is one of Bangladesh’s most prominent human rights defenders and the Secretary of Odhikar. He is also a […]
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Statement on arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar
Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar was picked up by approximately 10 plainclothes men from the Detective Branch of Police (DB) at 10.20 pm on August 10, 2013 and taken to the DB custody in Mintoo Road, Dhaka. He was picked up in front of his house at Gulshan, after returning from a relative’s house […]
College student Sumaiya Sultana Shima and her mother Aleya Akhter were given electric shocks and physically tortured in six days of confinement in police custody at Kushtia
At around 3 am on September 9, 2012, Aleya Akhter (50) and Sumaiya Sultana Shima (18), respectively the wife and daughter of late Salam Molla, resident of 1 no. Beradanga area of Rajbari pouroshobha of Rajbari district was detained without any case by the police of Khoksha Police Station of Kushtia. The police of Khoksha Police Station and […]
Farmer Mohammad Abdul Wahab was allegedly dead and Hasan was allegedly injured in the police fire
Mohammad Abdul Wahab (51) was the son of late Shukur Ali Mondol and Mochammat Rahima Begum of Paikpara village of Sadar upazila of Jhenidah district. Hasan (40) is the son of Munnaf Ali and Saira Khatun of the same village. At around 1 am on June 10, 2012, Abdul Wahab was shot dead and Hasan was injured in […]
Human rights monitoring report : May 2012
The May 2012 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Attacks on journailsts Extrajudicial killings continue Allegation against RAB for illegal confinement Political violence Programmes of human rights organisations stopped by police in Khulna Police attacks procession of non-government primary school teachers Imposition of Section […]
Abu Reza Roni Meradona and Habibur Rahman Habib were allegedly tortured in police custody
Mohammad Abu Reza Roni Meradona (25) is the son of Mohammad Golam Mostafa and Mosammat Farida Yasmin from Shrimontopur village. Mohammad Habibur Rahman Habib (21) is the son of Mohammad Abdul Hoque Molla and Hosne Ara Begum of the same village. At around 11 pm on February 29, 2012, police from Magura Sadar Police Station […]
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