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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Odhikar: 18 years of upholding rights, freedom and justice
On 10th October 2012 Odhikar marks its 18th anniversary. The day also happens to be the International Day against the Death Penalty1. As a human rights organisation Odhikar has been campaigning for justice and fair trial; and against the death penalty since its inception. Established against the backdrop of the fall of the military dictatorship and restoration […]
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