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A rickshaw-van driver allegedly shot dead by Kushtia Sadar Police

At around 3:30 pm on January 4, 2009, Touhidul Islam Touhid (27) from the village of Shostipur, Kushtia, was arrested at Shenerchatal in the village of Bottoil by police from Kushtia Sadar Police Station. Touhid’s family alleged that Touhid was shot and killed by the police near Boriya graveyard in the village of Boriya at […]

January 4, 2009 | Read full story | Comments are closed

23 months of emergency in Bangladesh : the next Parliament must ensure a review of the decisions and actions taken under the State of Emergency

Odhikar notes the Government’s decision to lift the State of Emergency from 17 December, 2008. Odhikar has consistently campaigned against the Emergency since its imposition on 11 January 2007. Due to ‘Emergency’s inherent anti-human rights character, that denies essential freedoms far extensively than permitted under international laws, and fails to protect basic rights, Odhikar’s stand […]

December 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : November 2008

The November 2008 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Immediately lift the State of Emergency Human rights must be in party manifesto Border killings Extrajudicial killings Freedom of expression Rape Dowry related violence Acid violence Death in jail The report closes with statistics on […]

December 1, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

22 months of emergency in Bangladesh : State of Emergency must entirely be revoked

A State of Emergency is inherently undemocratic and curtails fundamental rights and freedoms without which civilized society cannot operate. Odhikar monitors different aspects of human rights situation of Bangladesh relying on internationally recognised universal human rights instruments and campaigns for rule of law, democracy and justice.   Odhikar believes that the State of Emergency must be […]

November 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Montu and Sayed Allegedly shot and killed by RAB and Police in Kushtia

According to the family members and relatives of Sayed (24) from the village of Baniyapara and Montu Member (38) from the village of Nandiya under Sadar upazila2 of Kushtia district, they were shot and killed jointly by the officers of RAB 12, Islamic University Police Station and the Detective Branch of police [DB police] at […]

November 11, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : October 2008

The October 2008 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: the State of emergency and elections extrajudicial killings freedom of expression deaths in jail and custody dowry related violence acid violence India-Bangladesh border violence The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of […]

November 1, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed