South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) strongly condemns the heinous carnage of human lives in Lahore, intending to target the minority Christians celebrating Easter on Sunday 27 March, by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban. However, victims…
We, the members of civil society organisations , social movements, labour unions, and women’s groups from across South Asia, have gathered here in Kathmandu, Nepal from 25 -26 February 2016 at the Regional Consultation of Citizens’ Voices, as part…
Two groups of Human Rights Defenders from South Asia carried out two peace missions to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The Fundamental objective of this initiative was to bring women into the mainstream security discourse in order to improve the…
By: Hameeda Hossain SAHR KHATMANDU 25 FEBRUARY 2016 Some years ago many of us from South Asia met in Nirmana, an old fort in Rajasthan, and decided to work together towards social and political change, that would make our…
A 13 member delegation from SAHR representing countries of South Asia presented the below communique to the SAARC Secretary General H.E. Arjun Thapa on 26 February 2016. Honourable Sir, We have the honour to address you as a membership…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the attack on the Maldivian Democratic Party’s Deputy Leader Rozaina Adam. The Member of Parliament (MP) was reportedly attacked by the Majority Leader in the…
The objective of consultation was to facilitate discussion among experts on the theme, review and analyse the political and other dimensions of the security crisis in the region and to make recommendations to ensure that gender perspective is fully…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a network of human rights defenders based in seven countries in South Asia, strongly condemns the arrest and detention of Mr. Saeed Baloch, General Secretary of the Pakistan Fisher folk Forum by the…
SAHR Fact Finding Mission meets with civil society in Kathmandu to discuss the blockade and its impact on the people of Nepal
The SAHR Fact Finding Mission meets the Prime Minister of Nepal, His Excellency K. P. Oli on 14 January 2016 to discuss the blockade and its impact on the people of Nepal.