Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK)

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2023 / ‘NHRC can’t directly investigate cases involving law enforcers’

NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.

US SANCTIONS / A ‘tonic’ for our security forces?

It is unfortunate that security agencies have been used in a manner that has generated more fear in people’s mind than confidence and faith in them.

At least 15 killed extrajudicially, in custody of law enforcement this year: ASK

At least 15 people were killed in “extrajudicial killings” and “custody of law enforcement agencies” across the country till September of this year, Ain O Salish Kendra said in a report.

Harassing Teacher

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) yesterday filed a petition with the High Court, seeking its directive for conducting a judicial inquiry into the incident of a teacher being humiliated in Narail.

Ain O Salish Kendra expresses concerns over patients denied treatment

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses grave concern over patients being denied treatment in many hospitals of the country due to coronavirus fears.

Pirojpur incident poses question about judiciary’s independence: ASK

The stand release of Pirojpur district and sessions judge after denying bail of a former lawmaker and his wife and another judge granting them bail hours later have posed serious questions about the independence of the judiciary, rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) says.

ASK for independent commission to probe rights violation

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, demands an independent inquiry commission to investigate all sorts of rights violation including rape, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance in the country.

HC stays Rajuk mobile court order on ASK to vacate Lalmatia office

The High Court directs the authorities to maintain a status quo for three months on the Rajuk mobile court order that fined Tk two lakh to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a leading rights organisation, and asked it to leave its Lalmatia office in Dhaka.

May 8, 2016
May 8, 2016

Rights body concerned over govt's 'media watch' plan

Civil society platform Ain O Salish Kendra voices concern over plans to form a "media monitoring cell" and urged the government not to take hasty steps in this regard.

April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016

ASK concerned over Shafik Rehman’s arrest

Ain o Salish Kendra expresses deep concern over the arrest and remand of senior journalist Shafik Rehman as “the process of the detention has created confusion among people”.

April 5, 2016
April 5, 2016

ASK demands judicial probe into Banshkhali killing

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) today demands there be a judicial investigation into yesterday’s incident of killing four persons in a clash between law enforcers and locals in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong.

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

ASK condemns Tonu murder, urges arrest of culprits

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, condemns killing of Sohagi Jahan Tonu, a student of Victoria College in Comilla, and expresses serious concern for the perpetrators involved in the killing not being arrested yet.

March 5, 2016
March 5, 2016

Failing to fulfill commitments

What is missing from NHRC's actions is that it has not done systematic monitoring of the health services prevailing in the country, and has not taken any strategic action to improve them.

June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015

A “rape shield” law for Bangladesh

While rape is a commonly reported form of violence against women in Bangladesh, only over one half of women who experience rape actually seek any kind of remedy from the police.

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