Odhikar in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland organised a discussion meeting on the campaign for the accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance in Rajshahi on 18 September 2011 as part of Odhikar’s programme. The goal of the programme is to initiate awareness and dialogue at local […]
Tag Archives | Enforced disappearances
Nine month’s human rights monitoring report : January-September 2011
This human rights monitoring report covers the nine-month period from January to September 2011. The main areas of issue within the report are as follows: India-Bangladesh border situation Political violence Attacks on religious minority communities Criminal cases withdrawn out of ‘political consideration’ Public lynching and police indifference Extrajudicial killings Torture in custody Disappearances Attacks on […]
Disappearance of Jubo Union Organiser, K M Shamim Akhtar, after being picked up by members of LEA from Purana Paltan Line in Dhaka City
On September 29, 2011 at around 8.15 in the morning K M Shamim Akhtar (36) was arrested by the members of the law enforcing agency from 6/1, Purana Palton Line, Dhaka-1000. He was the son of Khan Mobarak Hossain and Zohra Akhtar; and a resident of 12/4, Purana Paltan Line (5th floor), of Dhaka Metropolitan City. Shamim’s family […]
Human rights monitoring report : August 2011
The August 2011 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Political violence increases Extrajudicial killings Torture Disappearances RAB threatens to pick up a complainant for filing a case against them for killing his son Vagrant Act passed in Parliament, curtailing fundamental freedoms Freedom of the […]
Statement by Odhikar on the International Day of the Disappeared
On the International Day of the Disappeared, the human rights organisation Odhikar urges the Government of Bangladesh to accede to the International Convention of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance that has been signed by 88 countries and ratified by 29. The Convention was adopted in 2006 by the United Nations General Assembly and came into […]
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
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