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Bangladesh: End Disappearances and Secret Detentions

Human Rights Violation

Bangladesh law enforcement authorities have illegally detained hundreds of people since 2013, including scores of opposition activists, and held them in secret detention, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Bangladesh government should immediately stop this widespread....    Full story...

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New report: Human rights violations in Bangladesh

Human Rights Violation

Report by Mutasim Billah Almost a hundred people were killed by law enforcement agencies in the last nine months of this year, according to a report by Bangladeshi rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) on Saturday. It published information based on the national dailies of Bangladesh. The....    Full story...

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Bangladesh Law Enforcement agencies killed 79 in just 6 months

Human rights

In Bangladesh 79 people killed in 'crossfire' or police custody in 6 months reported by Nationa's top English Daily Daily Star ( June 30, 2016 ) from the Ain O Salish Kendra source. Seventy-nine people were killed either in alleged crossfires or in custody of the law....    Full story...

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Bangladesh Government Shuts Down Critics-HRW reports

Human rights

Bloggers Forced into Hiding; Clampdowns on Expression, Political Opposition (New York) – Freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2016. While extremist groups targeted secular bloggers and foreign aid....    Full story...

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January 2015:Serial Killing Mission of Govt Security Forces!

Human rights

As the main opposition party leader calls nationwide blockade demanding National Election, a crucial serial killing started from the January 2015 to shut down anti government protests.  Govt forces allegedly targeting the opposition activists. Govt security forces like Police, RAB are....    Full story...

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Bangladesh Police Accused of Extrajudicial Killings in Opposition Protest Crackdown

On Saturday evening, Mohammed Emdadullah, a student of statistics at the Dhaka College in the Bangladeshi capital, was picked up by the police along with 11 others during a patrol in the city's bustling Mirpur neighborhood. Shortly afterwards, his elder brother Anwarullah received a call from....    Full story...

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Bangladesh, a country where the government violating human rights violently

Human rights

Few days ago, two young men were shot by Police at their leg and were heavily injured. It seems like they might be invalid with their injured leg for the rest of their life. One year ago, 7 activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) were abducted and they haven’t come back even....    Full story...

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Prison Diaries: Chapter 1 (How I was Arrested)

Blogging

I barely go into reminiscence, but when I do, time has that strange tendency to fly away unnoticed. I have been asked ad nauseam as to my experience in prison. Whether through bleary eyes pleading through tear soaked tones, hush reprimands or indignant snorts; many have tried to remind me of the....    Full story...

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Loosing My Heart in Egypt: Amr Kassem 1987-2013

International

By Sister Asmaa Hussein 17th August 2013 "Think not of those who are killed in the Way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision. They rejoice in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His Bounty and rejoice for the sake of those who have not yet joined....    Full story...

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Bloodthirsty Awami League claim two more martyrs in Chittagong

Human rights

Rasel and Parvez were like any other men, waiting to celebrate Eid with their families, sharing with them their joys and sorrows over this auspicious occasion. They were like you and me, waiting for the Holy month of Ramadan to end, waiting to rejoice, to pray and to go on with their....    Full story...

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Shibir activist Khalilur dreamt of becoming a barrister. A bullet ended it all.

Human rights

    Khalilur Rahman (22) dreamt of being a barrister. He dreamt of changing the society, of helping poor children to change their lives through education. His dreams were erased forever as a police bullet, which was meant to protect him, was used to kill him....    Full story...

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The true faces of Muslim secular fundamentalists

Human rights

In the last six months the world has witnessed the blatant double standards of those who claim to be Muslims, secularists and liberals, all at the same time. The problem with such people is that they are not confident Muslims, they are not true secularists and certainly they are not liberals at....    Full story...

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Odhikar has every reason not to trust the government of Bangladesh

Human rights

On the 10th of July, the Ministry of Information sent a letter to the human rights organization Odhikar requesting a copy of fact finding report carried out by Odhikar on ‘Assembly of Hefazate Islam Bangladesh and Human Rights Violations’, citing the....    Full story...

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Zero Tolerance to Domestic Violence

Social Issues

Can a couple ever build a real relationship if they are inflicting physical violence on each other? Relationship is a safe environment for all parties to explore their full potential. Violence equals fear and intimidation, control and subjugation and on the part of the victim loss of self-esteem....    Full story...

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Hasina’s mass murder uncovered

Human rights

Odhikar, non-governmental and non-partisan human rights organization in Bangladesh has launched its report of what happened in Shapla Chottor on May 5, 2013. Their finding can be found here But I would like to share my summery of the report: 1. The emergence of a religious conservative....    Full story...

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