On 11 February 2010, the NGO Affairs Bureau issued a letter refusing the extension of Odhikar's project. The NGO Affairs Bureau claims that its refusal to allow the extension of the project is based on the Ministry of Home Affairs's objection. Odhikar's project, entitled "Human Rights Defenders Training and Advocacy Programme in Bangladesh", focuses mainly on the issue of torture. The project's activities include advocacy on criminalizing torture, establishing a tribunal against torture, and organizing roundtable discussions on torture-related issues. It also has campaign programmes advocating Bangladesh to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OP-CAT). On 17 August 2009, the NGO Affairs Bureau issued a letter ordering Odhikar to shut down its anti-torture project. According to the letter, the project was objected to by the Ministry of Home Affairs, resulting in the project's cancellation. In response to the letter of the NGO Affairs Bureau, Odhikar filed a writ petition (No. 6550/2009) to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, challenging the cancellation order. Consequently, on 11 October 2009, the High Court Division of the Supreme Court ruled against the government and stayed the NGO Affairs Bureau's order. Odhikar's project thus resumed and continued until its completion date on 31 December 2009.