The May 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Violence on and killing of unarmed Hefazate Islam activists at midnight and the closure of opposition media Violent political situation Meetings and assemblies prohibited Tortured to death by law enforcement agencies Government statement at the […]
Korban Ali (25) shot to death and Amena Akhter (13) injured by shooting in Mutubi village of Shonaimuri Upazila under Noakhali district
On February 28, 2013 the International Crimes Tribunal-1 delivered death sentence to Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Country wide general strike was called to protest against the judgement, where several persons were killed in clashes between the police and protesters in Rajganj of Begumganj Upazila […]
Odhikar condemns the indiscriminate killing of hundreds of unarmed Hefazate Islam activists and curtailing media freedom
On May 7, 2013 Odhikar issued a statement on the brutal and indiscriminate killing of hundreds of unarmed Hefazate Islam activists and curtailing media freedom. On May 6, 2013 at around 2:30 am, a reported 10 thousand members of police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), along with the armed cadres of […]
Police shot Mohammad Shah Alam dead in Dhaka city’s Pallabi area
On December 31, 2012 at around 8:15pm, members of the Pallabi Police station shot Mohammad Shah Alam (28) dead in front of H and S Polythene factory at Plot 1/6 on Road 7, Section 7 of the Post Office Street. Shah Alam was the son of Mohammad Ali Akbar and Morjina Begum. They were residents […]
BNP leader Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar was abducted and killed by men identifying as RAB
On January 5, 2013 at around 7:45pm Haji Mohammad Rafikul Islam Majumdar (42) was abducted and killed by men identifying themselves as RAB officials, claimed his mother in law, brother and relatives. Rafikul was the General Secretary of Ward 56, Dhaka unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and vice president of the Hawkers’ Market Committee […]
Statement on the ongoing human rights violations in Bangladesh
The Government Must Stop its Security Forces’ Killing Spree The Home Minister should Resign The Government Must Immediately Resolve this Crisis through Dialogue statement-ongoing hr violations Bangladesh-2013 (full text in English, PDF) statement-ongoing hr violations Bangladesh-2013 (full text in Bangla, PDF)
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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)