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In 2014, Odhikar applied to renew its registration as a non-governmental organisation. After delaying processing the application for years, on 5 June 2022 the NGO Affairs Bureau of the
Bangladeshi government officially denied the application, stating that Odhikar's publications had "seriously
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claiming 61 deaths, but refused to provide any names of the victims report, citing security concerns for the families of the victims. Later on 19 August, 2024, they published the name of the deceased on their verified
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