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Odhikar has been able to established itself as one of the leading human rights organisations of the country. The principal objectives of the organisation are to raise the awareness of human rights and its various abuses, on the one hand and to create a vibrant democratic system through election monitoring on the other.
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A Joint Statement by the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, and Odhikar on International Women’s Day 2024
In Bangladesh, the prevalence of violence and discrimination against women and girls is alarmingly widespread. Domestic violence, dowry-related abuse, rape, and sexual harassment still persist. Women and girls face discrimination and hardship. The families left behind by victims of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings endure signif ..read more
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Dhaka, 25 November 2023: 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Even though 24 years have passed since the UNGA decided to observe this day in 1999, women in Bangladesh, and the world over, are still not free from various forms of violence. Violence against women is rampant in Bangladesh. Among the kinds of violence women face, are dowry related violence, rape, acid throwing, domestic violence and sexual harassment.
Violence against women in Bangladesh is deeply rooted, due to social inequality, political repression, and a dysfunctional justice mech ..read more
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6M ago
15 Sep 2023
The organizations represented here firmly denounce the conviction of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan of Odhikar in Bangladesh. On 14 September 2023, the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal sentenced Khan and Elan to two years in prison with a fine of 10,000 Bangladeshi Taka under the draconian digital security law.
The conviction of Khan and Elan is clearly a part of the government’s ongoing tactic of subjecting human rights defenders, advocates, and journalists to continuous judicial harassment. This will impair Odhikar’s mission of documenting human right ..read more
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6M ago
15 September 2023
The Asian Federation against Enforced Disappearances (AFAD) joins the international human rights community in strongly denouncing the conviction by the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka sentencing Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, Secretary and Director of human rights organization Odhikar respectively, to two years imprisonment for being fearless activists in defense of human rights, rule of law and fundamental freedoms in Bangladesh.
This unjust arrest and detention is Bangladesh Government’s most recent act of judicial harassment that had been going on since Odhi ..read more
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6M ago
Human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
Expressing their deep concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in Bangladesh, MEPs call on the government to restore a safe and enabling environment for NGOs, human rights defenders, activists and religious minorities. Bangladesh must uphold the country’s international commitments, particularly under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Authorities must also ensure, MEPs say, that civil society organisations can access foreign grants.
MEPs specifically deplore the prison sentence against two Od ..read more
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6M ago
Leaders of Prominent Rights Group Convicted on Trumped-Up Charges
September 14, 2023Statement
(September 14, 2023) Bangladesh authorities should immediately release human rights defenders Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, quash their convictions, and end all reprisals against them for their legitimate human rights work, said 72 organizations today. Khan and Elan were sentenced by the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka to two years’ of prison and a 10,000 Bangladeshi Taka fine each in retaliation for their work documenting human rights violations in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Government has pe ..read more
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6M ago
14/09/2023 Press release Bangladesh
Human Rights Defenders
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After ten years of relentless judicial harassment, Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, two prominent human rights defenders in Bangladesh, have been sentenced to two years in prison today. Their conviction is based on politically motivated charges and aims to intimidate human rights activists in the country. FIDH and the OMCT, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, strongly condemn their conviction and call for their immediate and unconditional release.Paris-Geneva, Sept ..read more
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September 14, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Leaders of Prominent Rights Group Convicted on Trumped-Up Charges
Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2023. © 2023 Odhikar/FIDH
(New York) – Bangladesh authorities should immediately release the human rights defenders Adilur Rahman Khan and ASM Nasiruddin Elan, quash their convictions, and end all reprisals against them and other human rights defenders for their legitimate human rights work, 39 organizations said today. Khan and Elan were sentenced by the Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka to two years in prison and ..read more
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7M ago
Dhaka, 14 September 2023: The Cyber Tribunal, Dhaka today has sentenced to two years imprisonment and Taka 10,000 fine each, to Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly breaching Section 57 of the repressive Information and Communication Technology Act 2006. They were charged for releasing a report on extrajudicial killings committed on 5 and 6 May 2013, centering around the Hefazat-e-Islam protests.
This is the first time in Bangladesh’s 52-year history that human rights defenders have been jailed for reporting human rights violations. On the night ..read more
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A Joint Statement by Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Eleos Justice, Monash University, Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) on the occasion of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 ..read more