May 03, 2011 World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on 3rd May worldwide. This is the day to evaluate press freedom, create awareness regarding the importance of an independent media and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression. To observe the World Press Freedom Day, these programmes took […]
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AFAD statement on state harassment against Odhikar
5 April 2011 Protecting the Rights of Human Rights Defenders: A State Obligation and a Moral Duty It is not only a legal obligation of any state to promote, protect and fulfill the fundamental rights and freedom of its citizens but it is also its moral duty to recognize and protect those who are defending […]
A call for investigation of state intimidation of Adilur Rahman Khan & Odhikar
The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), an organization and network of democracy and political rights promoting groups, wishes to express its concern regarding the continued harassment and intimidation of Odhikar and its staff. In particular, the harassment of its Secretary Advocate Adilur Rahman Khan gives ANFREL concern that the government is attempting to intimidate […]
Call for the end of harassment against Odhikar staff
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a membership based regional human rights organization, writes this letter expressing their deep concerns over the continued harassment of Mr. Adilur Rahman Khan and Odhikar by national security agencies. Mr. Khan, a prominent human rights defender, is an advocate in the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and […]
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and OMCT requests urgent intervention in the following situation in Bangladesh
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about continuing acts of harassment against the members of Odhikar, a human rights organisation composed of lawyers, university professors, journalists, social and development activists committed to human rights. Since March 14, 2011, members of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) reportedly resumed their activities of close monitoring on […]
3rd Annual Human Rights Defenders Conference : press release 2011
The 3rd Annual Human Rights Defender’s Conference inaugurated today at CARITAS Development Institute, Dhaka. The conference organised by the Odhikar, a human rights organisation working in Bangladesh with the assistance of The May 18 Memorial Foundation, Korea. In this conference of human rights defender organisers of Bangladesh
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