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বাংলাদেশ: মানবাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠায় প্রয়োজন জনগণের স্বত:স্ফূর্ত অংশগ্রহণ- আন্তর্জাতিক মানবাধিকার দিবস ২০২৪ উপলক্ষে অধিকার এর বিবৃতি

ঢাকা, ০৯ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৪: ১০ ডিসেম্বর আন্তর্জাতিক মানবাধিকার দিবস। ২০২৪ সালে বিশ্বব্যাপী এই দিনটি যখন পালিত হচ্ছে তখন বাংলাদেশে ছাত্র-জনতার গনঅভ্যূত্থানের মাধ্যমে কর্তৃত্ববাদী সরকারের পতনের মধ্যে দিয়ে একটি গণতান্ত্রিক রাষ্ট্র প্রতিষ্ঠার পথ সুগম হয়েছে। কর্তৃত্ববাদী হাসিনা সরকার ২০০৯ সালের ৬ জানুয়ারি থেকে ২০২৪ সালের ৫ আগস্ট পর্যন্ত জনগণকে তাদের ভোটাধিকার থেকে বঞ্চিত করে জোর করে […]

December 9, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Three-month Human Rights Report : July – September 2024

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 […]

November 14, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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 […]

July 31, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Statement of the 1st Women’s Congress on Enforced Disappearances

July 10, 2024 | Dhaka, Bangladesh Government must return the disappeared persons and ensure justice, reparation and guarantee of non-recurrence Whereas, in Bangladesh, enforced disappearance remains unabated with nearly 700 reported victims from 2009 to 2023, many of whom have not yet been located, and those who have resurfaced alive reported experiencing torture and inhumane […]

July 11, 2024 | Read full story | Comments are closed

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

BANGLADESH: UN human rights experts must undertake an independent investigation into enforced disappearances and hold perpetrators accountable

Manila/Dhaka, 30 August 2021: AFAD, Mayer Daak and Odhikar pay tribute to victims of enforced disappearances and stand in solidarity with the families and relatives of the disappeared in Bangladesh and across the world while commemorating International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Enforced disappearances, along with an array of other grave human rights […]

August 29, 2021 | Read full story | Comments are closed