Please - Odhikar

2005 sees the third, and final year of the Odhikar Project "Investigation, Research and
Publication of Human Rights Violations" funded by the Academy for Educational
Development (AED) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
This report is the final report for this project and compiles the out puts of the project activities,
including fact finding reports and the results of police station monitoring. It also contains highly
informative documents presented by human rights activists of the South Asian region, at a
project-based discussion meeting on the protection of victims and witnesses.
In 2003, the AED put its faith in Odhikar, recognising its potential to act as a catalyst for
change. Odhikar is extremely grateful for all the support it has been given and, though the
journey has often been rough and hurdles had to be overcome, there have been several
improvements and signs of greater awareness among the concerned government organs,
members of civil society and the general population of the country regarding law enforcement,
civil and political rights, impunity and the law. Odhikar was also able to form a regional
network called South Asian Network against Torture and Impunity (SANTI), as one of the
outcomes of its regional discussion meetings.
Odhikar once again thanks the AED and USAID for all their support on this long and often
dangerous journey. The organisation and its staff of researchers and fact-finders have, for the last
three years, been able to increase their potential and have strengthened their expertise, which is
also an important, if not direct, result of the three year project.
Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui
President
Odhikar
Foreword
Report 2005