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Human rights monitoring report : October 2013

The October 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Violence increases due to political crisis created over the election process Violations on media freedom Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 (Amendment 2013) Bill passed in Parliament, along with Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Bill, […]

November 1, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Odhikar blasts plainclothes surveillance

Rights watchdog Odhikar on Monday denounced ‘continued surveillance of plainclothes men’ on the activities of the rights organisation and its staff memebers following the release of its secretary Adilur rahman Khan on bail on October 11. ‘Monitoring and surveillance of the Odhikar office, its staff and Adilur Rahman Khan’s home has increased since his release […]

October 29, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Campaign for Adilur Rahman Khan

Statement by Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Statement by Odhikar 25/09/2013 (English) (Bangla) Statement by Odhikar 19/09/2013 (English) (Bangla) Joint Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on the continued detention of Adilur Rahman    Khan Statement by International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Statement […]

September 24, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Joint Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on the continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan

On September 11, 2013 a joint open letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh was issued by 32 regional and international organisations on the continued detention of Adilur Rahman Khan and harassment of Odhikar. Adilur Rahman Khan is one of Bangladesh’s most prominent human rights defenders and the Secretary of Odhikar. He is also a […]

September 13, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Possibility of further crackdown at Odhikar and government’s action to gag the voice of the most vocal human rights organisation in Bangladesh

Dear friends, Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan was taken to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court today at 10 o’clock in the morning and kept in the court custody lock-up till 2:00 pm.  He was not presented before the Magistrate, even after his lawyers insisted that he be taken. At 2:00 pm Adilur was taken […]

September 4, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed
Adilur Rahman Khan arrested - Photograph: Indrajit Ghosh/Demotix/Corbis

Statement on arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar

Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of Odhikar was picked up by approximately 10 plainclothes men from the Detective Branch of Police (DB) at 10.20 pm on August 10, 2013 and taken to the DB custody in Mintoo Road, Dhaka.  He was picked up in front of his house at Gulshan, after returning from a relative’s house […]

August 12, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed