Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Secretary of human rights organization Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasir Uddin have been released from jail. Both of them came out of Dhaka Central Jail at around seven in the evening. Dhaka Central Jail Senior Jail Superintendent (Acting) Subhash Kumar Ghosh confirmed the development to Prothom Alo. He said that the bail […]
The move came after High Court Division Justice Mohammad Imdadul Haq Azad remarked to the Deputy Attorney General that “you have turned the country into hell” during a hearing on the admissibility of an appeal filed by rights organization Odhikar’s secretary Adilur Rahman Khan. , and its director ASM Nasir Uddin on Tuesday morning.
A cyber tribunal in Dhaka sentenced Adilur and Nasir to two years in prison each in a case registered under Section 57 of the Information and Communications Technology Act for an incident that occurred a decade ago. The court also imposed a fine of Taka 10,000 on him, failing which he will have to remain […]
Human rights organizations in various countries follow such methods, especially if the allegations are against members of law enforcement agencies. Families of victims of enforced disappearance have complained of harassment on such lists. The government did not file any cases against anyone else for creating unrest in the country or tarnishing the government’s image abroad […]
Since the verdict, 72 human rights organizations as well as the United States, the European Parliament, France and Germany have called for the unconditional release of these activists. The government had already canceled the registration of the rights. The New York Times said the decision signals a new crackdown on dissent, and the BBC noted […]
Earlier on Thursday, Dhaka’s Cyber Tribunal had sentenced Adilur Rahman Khan to two years imprisonment under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. Naseeruddin was also sentenced to two years in jail under the same Act. A total of 72 human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, issued a […]
The European External Action Service, the diplomatic service of the European Union (EU), has expressed concern over the imprisonment of Adilur Rahman Khan, Secretary of rights organization Odhikar, and Director ASM Naseeruddin, on charges under the Information and Communications Technology Act, 2006. “The EU has followed the Odhikar case closely and has repeatedly raised with […]
Therefore, it says, the ‘right’ is not at all the neutral or independent organization it tries to claim to be and unfortunately few in the international community believe it. “Supporting and promoting an organization like ‘Adhikar’ in the name of preserving civil and democratic space is tantamount to adopting a completely subjective, selective and biased […]
Organizations that issued statements included Advocacy Forum Nepal; Amnesty International; Asian Anti-Death Penalty Network (ADPAN); Asian Coalition Against Torture; Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD); Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia); Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL); Association of Family Members of Disappeared Persons, Sri Lanka; Asociación Pro-Busqueda de Niñas y Niños Desaparecidos, […]
EU Parliament members condemned the prison sentences against Customs Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and its director ASM Naseeruddin Elan. They urged the Government to immediately and unconditionally revoke the sentences and restore Adhikar’s registration, and to ensure that civil society organizations can access approved foreign funding. The resolution states that Odhikar, a leading human rights […]
The court completed the hearing process of the case on August 24 and fixed September 7 for giving its verdict. Later, September 14 was fixed for the announcement of the verdict. A case was registered against the two for spreading false and fabricated information regarding the operation by law enforcers at the Hefazat-e Islam rally […]
