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Bangladesh ratified the UN Convention against Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Punishment or Treatment (CAT) on 5 October 1998. Since then the country has kept its obligation under the ...

An interview conducted by the Asian Human Rights Commission. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the AHRC.   Bangladesh–A woman speaks out against bad policing and tortu...

An interview conducted by the Asian Human Rights Commission. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the AHRC. Bangladesh–A woman speaks out against bad policing and torture Ms. ...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following article from the Sri Lanka Guardian Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- An article from the Sri Lanka Guardian f...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) previously informed you that the Chatkhil police, of Noakhali district had tortured a man to death on May 13, 2010. This was followed by an upd...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) previously informed you that the Chatkhil police, of Noakhali district had tortured a man to death on 13 May 2010 (For further details, please ...

Late in the evening of Tuesday, June 1, 2010, the government of Bangladesh closed a Bangla-speaking national daily newspaper, the Daily Amar Desh. They arrested the acting editor Mr. Mahmudur Rahman ...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that the Chatkhil police, of Noakhali district have tortured a man to death on 13 May 2010. The witnesses told the AHRC that the bo...

Dear Friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the disappearance of a man who had gone missing after a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team illegally ...

New Members Should Take Visible Steps to Improve Practices Before Joining in June Please find below a joint press release issued by 10 international NGOs, including the Asian Legal Resource Centre. (N...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team killed a man on 16 March 2010. The witnesses told the AHRC that Major Kamruzzaman of the R...

Baseer Naveed and Stewart Sloan “Acid will be thrown on the faces of women and girls who step out of their houses without covering their faces… People who fail to comply with these orders will ...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding elderly widows suffering from food and health insecurity. There has been no assistance from the government des...

The prostitutes in Bangladeshi brothels are often underage and unpaid – and now, many of them are hooked on steroids that are damaging to their health I’m walking along a brightly painted corri...

Dear friends,  The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned that a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) team illegally arrested, detained and interrogated a number of men in February 2010. Though one...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a group of Motijheel police in Dhaka illegally arrested and badly beat a man in custody in retaliation for him not ...

BANGLADESH RATIFICATION OF THE ROME STATUTE IS BEFITTING TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS OF 1971 BANGLADESH MUST DEPOSIT INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION BEFORE 1 APRIL, 2010 Odhikar congratulates the government for Rat...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the Tala police in Satkhira district illegally arrested a man named Mr. Md. Sohrab Hossain on 7 January 2010 and to...

The Asian Legal Resource Centre wishes to inform you about the side event of the 13th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on The Global Phenomenon of Enforced Disappearances and t...

Dear friends, We wish to share with you the following statement from the Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants. Asian Human Rights Commission Hong Kong ————- A Statement from the A...