South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, conducted a fact finding mission from 6-10 January 2025 to investigate the compensation process for persons affected by the 2022 climate-induced floods in the Sindh Province.…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the vigilante attack on the Sri Lankan Migrant worker Priyantha Diyawadana who was subjected to a mob lynching and being burned alive in public…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, celebrates the life of Kamla Bhasin, a true South Asian in her thinking and actions, who passed away aged 75 on 25 September 2021. She was…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, calls on the Taliban to respect and protect the rights of Afghan women and girls and not to let history repeat itself. We are deeply concerned…
Published in The Ground Views on Jan. 06 :: Photo courtesy The Malaysian Insider You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.James Madison, 4th President of America…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) condemns the massacre at the Army Public School in Peshawar where 141 people have been killed of which 132 are children. Our thoughts are with the bereaved families and pray for the speedy recovery of…
Date: 23 November 2014 Venue:Kathmandu, Nepal B. Skanthakumar providing the Introduction to the Panel Discussion Country perspectives on the status of right to housing and protection against arbitrary evictions Dr. Asadhulla Ibrahim from Afghanistan speaking at the SAHR Panel Discussion…
Mr. Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defender, delivered Keynote Address at 6th Asian Human Rights Forum held at Philippines on 3-5 December 2014.
Published in www.ohchr.org on Dec. 09 :: “Human rights matter because they are dependent on only one thing: being human.” This is one of the short video messages sent by everyday human rights defenders from around the world through…
Published in The Daily Star on Dec. 09 by Mohammad Golam Sarwar :: Raise Your Voice For Human Rights IN every year human rights day is observed with lots of commitment and aspiration from national and International patrons. After 65…