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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 […]

June 10, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

June 1, 2012 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

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 […]

February 29, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Mahfuzur Rahman was allegedly tortured for three months and four days after he disappeared and Noyon was interrogated in DB police custody for seven days

Mahfuzur Rahman (32) is the son of Abu Bokor Siddiq and Motiful Begum from Shampur village of Gaibandha district. At around 12.30 pm on February 18, 2012, Mahfuzur Rahman was allegedly arrested by Dhaka Detective Branch of Police (DB) and his whereabouts unknown. Nur Mohammad Noyon, nephew of Mahfuzur, was also confined and interrogated for […]

February 18, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Advocacy meeting on the accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances

As part of Odhikar’s campaign against enforced disappearances, the Organisation organised a National Advocacy Meeting, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD). The meeting is part of Odhikar’s campaign for the accession to the International Conventionfor the Protection of All Persons from […]

January 8, 2012 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Social movement and mass awareness stressed to combat disappearance : campaign for the accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance

Odhikar in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland organised a discussion meeting on a campaign for the accession of the government to the International Convention for the Protectionof All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, at Hotel Agrabad in Chittagong on 15 October 2011; as part of Odhikar’s programme. Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar, moderated the […]

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