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BSF detains Bangladeshi female agricultural labour Sreemoti Sharoti without charges at Gorakmondop border of Kurigram

Sreemoti Sharoti (39) is a poor female agricultural labour and the wife of Sree Atul Kumar of Gorakmondop village under Phulbari police station of Kurigram district. Sharoti worked at Dinesh Chandra Burman’s field near the border to earn a living and help Atul bear the family expenses. On November 20, 2012 at around 8:30am, Sharoti […]

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

Human rights monitoring report : January 2013

The January 2013 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, and deals in particular with the following subjects: Political violence continues Use of pepper spray by police during hartal and hunger-strike Meetings stopped by imposing section 144 of the Cr.PC Human rights violations along the border by BSF Extrajudicial killings […]

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

Human rights report 2012 : Odhikar report on Bangladesh

The Human rights movement does not merely revolve around activities to protect victims of human rights violations from the abuses of the State, but by its very gesture interrogates the nature of political power and the moral and cultural foundations of a society. In countries like Bangladesh, where democratic transformation is still a task to […]

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

A bloodstained garment sector: impunity of government officials and factory owners: Tazreen Fashions Limited tragedy

The Garment industry in Bangladesh has developed tremendously since the eighties, however, in an unplanned way. Currently, 3.5 million workers are engaged in 5,000 factories, 80 percent of them women. The readymade garment sector earns Bangladesh a major share of the foreign reserve, and hence keeping the economy moving. During the last fiscal year 2011-2012, […]

December 5, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Constant negligence and lack of responsibility regarding workers

Odhikar is appalled and dismayed at the news of the death of garment workers due to fire in an Ashulia RMG factory near Dhaka on November 24, 2012. The death toll has already crossed 124 workers. This is not the first time that the workers have died in garment factories. Odhikar has repeatedly raised the […]

November 26, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed

Human rights monitoring report : August 2012

The August 2012 monthly human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh, and deals specifically with the following areas: Political violence Police stop meetings of medical college admission candidates Torture in custody Public lynching Police submitted final report on the case filed by Limon’s mother and attack his family School teacher assaulted […]

September 1, 2012 | Read full story | Comments are closed