The Tenth session of the Legislature-Parliament, which began early May, and continued during the month of June and July, is still in session. Altogether 17 meetings were convened in July. The major highlights of those meetings are as follows:…
The Tenth session of the Legislature-Parliament, which began early May, continued during the whole month of June and is still in session. After the deadline of the Constituent Assembly (CA) was extended in May 28, the first meeting commenced…
The month of May began with the new session of the Legislature-Parliament. The Tenth session commenced on Monday, 2 May 2011, and is still in session. As many as 13 meetings were convened;1 the major highlights of these 13…
The 12-point agreement concluded between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [UCPN (M)] on 22 November 2005 forms the basis of the ongoing peace process in Nepal. It was the 12-point agreement that…
MUMBAI: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) has condemned the arrest of social activist Anna Hazare and others before they launched their agitation for an effective Lokpal bill as “ultra vires” of the Indian constitution.
SAHR chairperson Hina Jilani of Pakistan said in a statement that in a democracy all citizens have a right to protest peacefully and the government must uphold the citizens’ fundamental right of speech and expression.
The Eighth session of the Ninth Parliament which commenced on 25th January 2011 and continued for 33 days concluded on 24th March 2011. On 15th March 2011 after a long gap, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition party, joined in…
The traditional threats and discrimination faced by members of the minority and vulnerable communities in Pakistan have steadily aggravated in the last few years in conjunction with militancy, growing intolerance and the occupation of Pakistan by violent extremists. That has left these…
The South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) has expressed concern over government’s continued statements defending the Rab shooting of college student Limon Hossain into disability.
“We believe such statements of advisers and ministers of the government only serve to provide continuing patronage and protection to Rab from the legal consequences of its extrajudicial and indiscriminate shooting at ordinary people of the country,” a SAHR press release said yesterday.
It also mentioned people in the government repeatedly termed Limon a criminal without giving any evidence extracted through any “acceptable and credible” investigation.
The ratification of a new constitution on 7th August 2008 began Maldives’ tumultuous process of transition from autocracy to democracy. The new constitution enshrined and guaranteed civil and personal liberties and established Maldives’ first independent courts, state oversight bodies and guaranteed separation…