This fact-finding report relates to the unrest of the garments workers of Mirpur in Dhaka and surrounding areas, which erupted on January 8, 2008. Garments workers placed their 8 point demands to the owner of MBM Garments. Their demands included: Their full salaries Overtime Payment of unpaid portion of salaries Ending the sacking of garments […]
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13 months of emergency in Bangladesh : immediately lift the state of emergency
Odhikar continues monitoring human rights issues including infringement of rights during the State of Emergency proclaimed on January 11, 2007. This is the monitoring report on human rights issues during the 13 months of the State of Emergency. It covers: Emergency power rule and torture Extra judicial killings Custodial deaths other than reported extrajudicial killing […]
Human rights monitoring report : January-September 2007
The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first nine months of 2007, specifically describing the following areas: Extrajudicial killings Torture/death in jail Freedom of expression Violence against women The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 4 recommendations to the government of Bangladesh. human rights […]
Human rights monitoring report : July 2007
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Human rights monitoring report : January-June 2007
The human rights monitoring report describes the human rights situation in Bangladesh during the first six months of 2007, specifically describing the following areas: extrajudicial killings deaths in jail freedom of expression violence against women violence against children violence in Indo-Bangladesh border area The report closes with statistics on violations and a list of 13 […]
Journalist Noor Ahmed tortured and forced to stay away from profession by RAB in Sylhet
Noor Ahmed, the editor of the daily newspaper Doinik Sylhet Protidin and also the General Secretary of the Sylhet Press Club, alleged that on April 7, 2007, several officers of RAB 9 arrested him and subjected him to severe torture after which he was handed over to the police following the filing of an extortion […]
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