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Human rights report 2008 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh

The Human Rights Report 2008 is one of the reports that Odhikar brings out at the beginning of a new year, consolidating and compiling its various reports published over the preceding year. Odhikar focuses on host of rights guaranteed under international human rights instruments and those protected by the Constitution of Bangladesh. It monitors violations of the right to […]

January 15, 2009 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

23 months of emergency in Bangladesh : the next Parliament must ensure a review of the decisions and actions taken under the State of Emergency

Odhikar notes the Government’s decision to lift the State of Emergency from 17 December, 2008. Odhikar has consistently campaigned against the Emergency since its imposition on 11 January 2007. Due to ‘Emergency’s inherent anti-human rights character, that denies essential freedoms far extensively than permitted under international laws, and fails to protect basic rights, Odhikar’s stand […]

December 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : November 2008

The November 2008 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: Immediately lift the State of Emergency Human rights must be in party manifesto Border killings Extrajudicial killings Freedom of expression Rape Dowry related violence Acid violence Death in jail The report closes with statistics on […]

December 1, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

22 months of emergency in Bangladesh : State of Emergency must entirely be revoked

A State of Emergency is inherently undemocratic and curtails fundamental rights and freedoms without which civilized society cannot operate. Odhikar monitors different aspects of human rights situation of Bangladesh relying on internationally recognised universal human rights instruments and campaigns for rule of law, democracy and justice.   Odhikar believes that the State of Emergency must be […]

November 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Human rights monitoring report : October 2008

The October 2008 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, specifically describing the following areas: the State of emergency and elections extrajudicial killings freedom of expression deaths in jail and custody dowry related violence acid violence India-Bangladesh border violence The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of […]

November 1, 2008 | Read full story | Comments are closed

21 months of emergency in Bangladesh : emergency and general election incompatible

The President of Bangladesh imposed the State of Emergency back in 11 January 2007, were that the security and economic life of Bangladesh was threatened by internal disturbances. 21 months on, the ‘internal disturbances’, which were stated as the reason for the proclamation of Emergency, no longer exist. The State of Emergency, as has been […]

October 12, 2008 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }