South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional, democratic network of human rights defenders expresses its deep concern over the declaration of state of emergency for 30 days by the government of the Maldives on 5 November 2015 and…
News of bloodshed continuously keeps pouring in from the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA). Pashtuns from tribal areas are still in the eye of storm in the so called war on terror. They are still dying and they are…
At a time when the Prime Minster has assured that women’s representation in the local government level will be increased by giving nomination to women up to 25%, some political parties keep complaining about women not coming forward and…
‘Saving Sunil – a study of dangerous speech around Facebook page dedicated to Sgt. Sunil Rathnayake’ continues the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) study of online discourse, particularly over social media, around dangerous and hate speech, following its first…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply disturbed to learn about the forced cancellation of the live performances of the Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali in Mumbai and Pune by Chitrapat…
With two major conferences this year on the deeply integrated issues of climate change (to be held in Paris) and sustainable development (that took place in UNGA, New York) under the United Nations Framework, discussions are taking place globally…
Scroll down for the video message link. 30 September 2015 Mr President, Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to present the report of OHCHR on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka, including the findings of the…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) presented an Oral Statement at the 30th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Universal Periodic Review outcome for the Maldives. SAHR…