South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, is disappointed by the decision of the government of Maldives to dissolve the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) and call upon the government to reevaluate its decision.SAHR has…
Seeking asylum is not a luxury but a compulsion. It is not a privilege but an alienable right. This right is directly related to the universal right of life and limb. No human being can be deprived of this…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, urge the government of Maldives to conduct a swift and impartial investigation on the function of the Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN) and ensure the safety of…
SAPACC contingent attended Fridays For Future, Global Climate Strike in Hyderabad, India September 20, 2019. Photo: Takoyangba Lemtur Last weekend, a rainbow coalition of organizations and individuals launched the South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis (SAPACC) in…
The concerns raised by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet about mobile phone and Internet restrictions in Kashmir and resentment in Assam over the exclusion of thousands of people from National Registration of Citizens are valid…
The Muslim community and other human rights groups in downtown Miami organised a protest rally at Bayfront Park Florida. The demonstration was organised to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in the wake of the revocation of the occupied…
Pakistan is likely to move a Kashmir centric resolution with support from other member countries at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva starting today (September 9). The UNHRC session will continue for three…
According to the report “Growing Inequality in South Asia” launched yesterday (03) by South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) , South Asian countries have failed to make use of the economic growth in the region to improve the…
The heart goes out to the residents of Indian Occupied Kashmir, for their dark night may just have gotten a whole lot longer. The problem, which has defied settlement for seven decades, has become even more complex with India’s…
As the world marks the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance today (Aug 30), South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, calls on the governments in South Asia to: Ratify and implement…