Odhikar had been facing extreme state repression since 2013 from the authoritarian and repressive Awami League regime. However, after the collapse of the regime on 05 August 2024, Odhikar has been able to prepare this third quarterly report without having to practice self-censorship. It is due to the students and people of Bangladesh that human […]
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Three-month Human Rights Report : April – June 2024
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 […]
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 […]
Odhikar denounces the imprisonment of its Secretary and Director under the Information and Communication Technology Act
Dhaka, 14 September 2023: The Cyber Tribunal, Dhaka today has sentenced to two years imprisonment and Taka 10,000 fine each, to Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly breaching Section 57 of the repressive Information and Communication Technology Act 2006. They were charged for releasing a report on extrajudicial killings […]
বার্ষিক মানবাধিকার প্রতিবেদন ২০২১
স্বৈরশাসক লেফটেন্যান্ট জেনারেল হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ এর সামরিক শাসনের বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রামে অংশ নেয়া কয়েকজন মানবাধিকারকর্মী, আইনজীবী ও শিক্ষকের উদ্যোগে ১৯৯৪ সালের ১০ অক্টোবর মানবাধিকার সংগঠন অধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়। গত ২৭ বছর ধরে অধিকার জনগণের নাগরিক, রাজনৈতিক, সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক ও সাংস্কৃতিক অধিকার রক্ষায় নিরন্তর সংগ্রাম করে চলেছে। অধিকার রাষ্ট্রর হাতে সংঘটিত সমস্ত মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘনের ঘটনাগুলো তুলে […]
HUMAN RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: A MID-TERM ASSESSMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE UPR 3RD CYCLE
Joint Submission by the Solidarity Group for Bangladesh comprising of Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), 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 Working […]
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