Category Archives: Violence Against Children

Rights and Realities – Latest Publication

Recently Published 2014   © Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) Introduction Hameeda Hossain When ASK took on the task of providing access to justice, by mediating disputes or taking up complaints in…

ASK Denounces Israel Attack on Refugee Camp at Gaza

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) denounces Israeli attack in various places including refugee camp and market places at Gaza, Palestine. ASK also denounces the death and injuries of hundreds of…

Reported Rape Cases Between January to March 2014

108 Cases of Rape/Attempted Rape 26 victims were aged below 18, 15 under aged 12, 3 under aged 6 44 cases were filed. 13 Deaths and 2 Suicides were a…

Rape

Victims of Rape | January – December 2013

See Table below 813 Cases reported and 185 attempts to Rape. 287  victims were aged under 18, 188 of them were 12 or under 256 Gang Rapes Only 553 of…

Tazreen Owner Still Scot-Free

Source : Dhaka Tribune    Udisa Islam Family members of fire victims in Tazreen Fashion expressed frustration as the owner of the factory has not yet been arrested one year…

Not ”Vicious” but Valiant | UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

From the June Archives On 1st June 2013, Chief of the Madrassah based Hefajat-e-Islam,  Shah Ahmed Shafi, warned that the UN should keep in mind the country’s ‘‘internal culture, religious…

Pending Justice for Rape Victim Who Burned herself to Death

Case Study Mediation Unit Case no: 19(6) 2013 ASK Tapoti Parui is an ordinary girl of Gangani in Satkhira. Tapoti lived with her old and sick parents, brother, brother’s wife…

Human Rights Council Hold Dialogue on Extrajudicial and Summary Executions

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE ON EXTRAJUDICIAL AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS AND ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS | Geneva | 30 May 2013 The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered…

Rising from the Ashes

”Rising from the Ashes” | Book Review

Review Rising from the Ashes: Women’s Narratives of 1971 is, from a critical standpoint, a compendium of almost all facets of human nature, ranging from extreme cruelty to supreme acts of…