HRW again urges disbanding Rab
Published in The Daily Star on July 21 :: Human Rights Watch in an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated its demand to disband Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). […]
International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch Ask Pakistan to Avoid Resuming Death Penalty
The International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch, in a joint statement ask the Government of Pakistan to reconsider resuming the death penalty. Reproduced below is the statement. Honorable […]
Bangladeshi Human Rights Defender Adilur Rahman Khan in Jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent prominent Bangladeshi Human Rights Defender and Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan to jail, following his arrest on the 10th of August. Plainclothes detectives had arrested […]
Sri Lanka should order independent and transparent inquiry into the deaths of protesters at Weliweriya – HRW
Human Rights Watch, an independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights, has issued a statement calling for the Government of Sri Lanka to order an independent and transparent […]
Prominent Human Rights Defender Adilur Rahman Khan arrested in Bangladesh
Adilur Rahman Khan, a respected human rights defender in Bangladesh was picked up from his residence in Dhaka on the 10th of August by officers from the Detective Branch of […]