Odhikar is deeply shocked and mourns the deaths at the Holey Artisan Bakery incident in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 1, 2016. Odhikar extends its deepest sympathies to the families of the victims. As a human rights organization, Odhikar believes that preventive strategies that improve the moral, ethical and political culture of society is a must, if we want to avert such violent occurrences.