South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned by allegations of extra-judicial killings in Bangladesh, carried out under the guise of a war on drugs. In the last two weeks, over…
Starting late August 2017, thousands of Rohingya refugees made the arduous trek across the border from Rakhine state to Bangladesh. Well over 700,000 refugees fled a brutal programme of ethnic cleansing lead by the Myanmar military, in response to…
At least 99 Hindus including children were killed by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or ARSA insurgents in the Rakhine state of Myanmar in August 2017, says Amnesty International. The human rights group said evidence collected after detailed investigation…
South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the ongoing sexual violence against women and children in India. This year alone, a number of brutal rapes have been highlighted by Indian and international media.…
South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, express its condolences to the families of Pakistani coal mine workers who were killed from a methane gas explosion. The tragedy, which occurred less than a week…
The book “Why I Killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse’s Defence” written by Conrad Elst, a Belgian Indologist, and published recently is a controversial and difficult book, as was to be expected. He has a doctorate in Oriental Studies with a…
Punjab National Bank (CC – Wikimedia) The seventh CADTM South Asia regional workshop was successfully held in Colombo (Sri Lanka) from April 6 to April 8, 2018, with participants from Sri Lanka, but also from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,…
Myanmar is not ready for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees, said the most senior United Nations official to visit the country this year, after Myanmar was accused of instigating ethnic cleansing and driving nearly 700,000 Muslims to Bangladesh. “From…