ASM Nasiruddin Elan is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and director of Odhikar, a human-rights organization.
[10] The NGO Affairs Bureau refused to renew registration of Odhikar in June 2021 accusing its reports had damaged the image of Bangladesh.
[5] In September 2023, Elan and Adilur Rahman Khan were sentenced to two years imprisonment under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 over their report on the 2013 Shapla Square protests.
[8] The conviction was condemned by the United States Embassy in Dhaka and a number of international human rights organizations.
[20] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Elan was made a member of the Police Reform Commission.