The Bangladeshi human rights organization Odhikar has been presented with this year's Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. President Lai Ching-te praised the group's work holding authorities to account despite facing persecution.
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00:00Bangladeshi human rights organization, Odakar, is this year's winner of Taiwan's Asia Democracy and Human Rights Award.
00:08President Lai Ching-teh praised the group at a ceremony in Taipei.
00:13We must face problems such as harassment, extradition, and surveillance for a long time.
00:20Even so, we see that you have a strong will to fight.
00:26On the road to democracy and human rights, go forward bravely.
00:31Odakar has worked to promote human rights in Bangladesh since the 1990s,
00:36publishing yearly reports on the issue.
00:39The Taiwanese foundation that presents the award, said Odakar,
00:42has helped expose incidents of extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and torture.