Odhikar has been facing extreme state repression and harassment since 2013 while carrying out its activities as a human rights organisation. Despite continued harassment and obstruction by the state, the Organisation continues to monitor human rights violations in accordance with international human rights law and standards. The government’s repression, regulation and interference with freedom of […]
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BANGLADESH: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims
A Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice, Monash University, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy […]
Three-Month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh : July – September 2023
The human rights situation in Bangladesh has taken a dire shape due to the authoritarian regime, which has been in power for almost 15 years – including 10 years without peoples’ mandate; and involved in gross human rights violations, targeting political opponents, dissidents and human rights defenders and gagging freedoms of expression. Odhikar has prepared […]
Three-month Human Rights Monitoring Report on Bangladesh : April-June 2021
This report has been prepared on the human rights situation in Bangladesh from April to June 2021. The Awami League-led government, which came to power by depriving the people of their right to vote, has systematically turned various important state institutions into subservient ones through partisanship; and introduced an authoritarian regime. As a result, the […]
ত্রৈমাসিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন : এপ্রিল-জুন ২০২১
২০২১ সালের এপ্রিল থেকে জুন পর্যন্ত সময়ে বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতি নিয়ে এই প্রতিবেদনটি প্রস্তুত করা হয়েছে। জনগণের ভোটের অধিকার কেড়ে নিযে ক্ষমতায় আসা আওয়ামী লীগ সরকার পরিকল্পিতভাবে দেশের বিভিন্ন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ রাষ্ট্রীয় প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে দলীয়করণের মাধ্যমে তাদের আজ্ঞাবহ প্রতিষ্ঠানে পরিণত করেছে এবং এক কর্তৃত্ববাদী শাসনব্যবস্থা চালু করেছে। ফলে এই সময় পর্যন্ত দেশের মানবাধিকার পরিস্থিতির কোন উন্নতি হয়নি। […]
Civil Society Joint Alternative Follow-up Report on Key Recommendations Submitted one year after the UN Committee against Torture’s Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh
This Alternative Report is submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights; Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN); Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Odhikar; Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights; and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) one […]
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