Compiled by Law Desk (SOURCE: UN.ORG). The primary responsibility to support victims of terrorism and to uphold their rights rests with the States themselves. The United Nations (UN) has been working to provide resources, mobilise the international…
Image Courtesy: www.positivetrends.com South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights defenders’ network, is shocked at the BJP led government’s unilateral decision on 5 August 2019 to abrogate article 370 of the Constitution thereby ending the special…
AMIDST heightened security, a high-profile delegation from Myanmar recently visited refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar. Following growing international pressure on Myanmar’s leadership over its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim population, the subsequent refugee crisis the most recent crackdown…
Politics in South Asia has long been a male-dominated field. The symptoms of this are clear, as many countries in the region do not reserve seats for women, and during elections, most political parties in South Asian countries give…
MANILA (AP): The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalising a range of acts of sexual harassment, including catcalling, wolf-whistling and persistent telling of sexual jokes, which pro-women’s groups have accused him of committing. Philippine officials released…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply disturbed at reports of the continuous intimidation of senior Indian lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover, both highly respected worldwide for their path-breaking work…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional nonprofit organization based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with members across South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), seeks a Consultant/Consultancy Firm for Development of a…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the measures taken by the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to execute four prisoners. Even though the details of the four inmates awaiting execution…
Bangkok/Colombo/Dublin/Geneva/Johannesburg/London/New Delhi/New York/Paris We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the filing of criminal charges against Indian NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’, Senior Advocate Anand Grover, and other representatives of Lawyers Collective. Criminal charges were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
GENEVA (25 June 2019) - Climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, but also threatens democracy and human rights, according to a UN expert. “Even if current targets are met, tens of millions will…