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.
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders committed to addressing human rights issues at both national and regional levels, congratulates the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) for signing the International Convention for the Protection…
The nation embraces 2016 with a degree of scepticism and anxiety. With the experiences of disenfranchisement and violations of fundamental rights including those of right to life and liberties experienced in 2015, people at large are eager for a…
Much recrimination has roiled the waters of the Sirsiya stream dividing Raxaul and Birganj between September-December 2015, punctuated by three statements from New Delhi’s Ministry of External Affairs. The latest note of 21 December indicates that, at…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) is a regional network with a membership base consisting of like-minded human rights activists, practitioners, experts and institutions committed to addressing human rights issues at both national and regional levels. The South Asian region is…
SAHR is currently conducting its second peace mission from 19 – 21 December 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. To start off, the peace mission is meeting with Sri Lankan civil society working on peace, transitional justice and reconciliation. …
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) is a regional network with a membership base consisting of like-minded human rights activists, practitioners, experts and institutions committed to addressing human rights issues at both national and regional levels. The South Asian…
SAHR has initiated its first peace mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The delegation represents Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and will meet MPs, government officials and dignitaries and civil society on 5 – 6 December 2015. The objective…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) strongly endorses the preliminary observations of the three member group of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) following their fourth visit to Sri Lanka that lasted 10 days.…
Nepal promulgated its new constitution on Sept. 20, 2015 by a majority of the Constituent Assembly. South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes this as an important event in Nepal’s progress towards…