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BANGLADESH: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims

A Joint Statement by Amnesty International, Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asia Alliance Against Torture (A3T), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice, Monash University, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy […]

June 25, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Civil Society Joint Alternative Follow-up Report on Key Recommendations Submitted one year after the UN Committee against Torture’s Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

This Alternative Report is submitted by the Advocates for Human Rights; Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN); Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); 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 United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) one […]

September 8, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

CIVIL SOCIETY JOINT ALTERNATIVE FOLLOW-UP REPORT: One year after the UN Committee against Torture’s Concluding Observations on the initial report of Bangladesh

This Joint Alternative Follow-up Report is prepared one year after the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) issued its Concluding Observations for its initial review of Bangladesh’s implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. At that time, the CAT asked Bangladesh to follow-up on several of […]

September 8, 2020 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development expresses grave concern over the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem

(Bangkok, 6 August 2014): The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is alarmed and gravely concerned at the significant number of deaths as well as attacks on civilian targets such as schools and hospitals in Gaza.  “It was just over five years ago that we saw, with horror, very similar attacks on civilian […]

August 6, 2014 | Read full story | Comments are closed

AHRC: The state of human rights in Bangladesh, 2013

On December 10, 2013, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) released its annual report on the state of human rights in Bangladesh, 2013. Today, life in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate. Denial of human dignity has become part of the fabric of daily life in Bangladesh, and outright denial of this reality is the default setting of […]

December 11, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Odhikar observes International Human Rights Day

Odhikar observed the International Human Rights Day today. On this occasion, Odhikar organised a discussion meeting at its office in Dhaka. Human rights defenders associated with Odhikar have conducted rallies, human chains in 15 districts. They also submitted memorandums to the local authorities in 15 districts. Press release_Odhikar 10. 13 (full text in Bangla, pdf)

December 10, 2013 | Read full story | Comments are closed