Odhikar, our member from Bangladesh, has prepared a human rights monitoring report on Bangladesh based on the human rights situation in the country in the first three months of 2021 (April-June), where it focuses on issues such as democracy and the deprivation of freedom of expression and the right to life. For a PDF version of [ Read more ]

Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), our member from Bangladesh, organised a dissemination workshop on draft ADR Rules under the Overseas Employment and Migrants Act, 2013 on June 23, 2021 at the Hotel InterContinental Dhaka. In this workshop, RMMRU had disseminated a developed draft ADR Rules to ensure access to justice for the vulnerable [ Read more ]

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), our member from Bangladesh, prepared his Mid-Term Assessement by Stakeholders: Progress on Implementation of Child Focused UPR Recommendations (September 2018 – December 2020), which was published on 10 June 2021. “The UPR is a human rights mechanism by United Nation under which the human rights situation of every UN member [ Read more ]

For Immediate Release Bangladesh: Hold Security Forces Accountable for Torture Rights Groups Call for Decisive Action on International Day for Victims (New York, June 26, 2021) – The Bangladesh government has failed to address widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment by its security forces, ten rights groups said on the International Day in Support of [ Read more ]

Odhikar’s joint statement with the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Mayer Daak on the occasion of International Week of the Disappeared 2021 BANGLADESH: Government must conduct impartial and thorough investigations into all cases of enforced disappearance and bring the perpetrators to justice Dhaka/Manila/Paris, 25 May 2021: Every [ Read more ]

Our member from Bangladesh, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) is organising, with Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a webinar ‘Hunger Games for real: The Bangla worker abroad’ The webinar is on June 3, 8:oo PM (Singapore Standard Time), is planned for 90 minutes, and listen in to a unique panel of experts who [ Read more ]

Odhikar’s Statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2021: Government interference in the media must stop and repressive ICT Act and DSA must be repealed   3 May is World Press Freedom Day, as recognised by the United Nations. This year’s theme for World Press Freedom Day, “Information as a Public Good”, serves as [ Read more ]

03 May 2021 H.E. Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland RE: Crackdown on Press Freedom & Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh Dear High Commissioner Bachelet, On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, we write to draw your attention to the escalating human [ Read more ]

(April 20, 2021) – We, the undersigned, condemn the brutal killing of at least five and the grievous injury to more than 50 workers of the Banshkhali coal-fired power plant in Chattogram (Chittagong), Bangladesh. At least five people were killed, and numerous others gravely injured when state security forces started shooting live ammunition at the [ Read more ]

Y – Moves Project of Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) with YFC BD and YES BD, with the support from Plan International Bangladesh organised an event titled “Safe Internet orientation: Increasing Digital Visibility” at the Saint Bangladesh, Barisal premises on 15 March 2021. This event was organised on the occasion of observing the International Women’s [ Read more ]