Amnesty International India announced that it is halting its work in the country after the Indian government froze its bank accounts in an act of reprisal for the organization’s human rights work. Fifteen international human rights organizations condemned the Indian government’s actions against…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the violence taking place in Delhi where the Muslim community has been especially targeted for the past four days and urges the Central and Delhi…
Image Courtesy: www.positivetrends.com South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights defenders’ network, is shocked at the BJP led government’s unilateral decision on 5 August 2019 to abrogate article 370 of the Constitution thereby ending the special…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply disturbed at reports of the continuous intimidation of senior Indian lawyers Indira Jaising and Anand Grover, both highly respected worldwide for their path-breaking work…
Bangkok/Colombo/Dublin/Geneva/Johannesburg/London/New Delhi/New York/Paris We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the filing of criminal charges against Indian NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’, Senior Advocate Anand Grover, and other representatives of Lawyers Collective. Criminal charges were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned about the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against the Lawyers Collective (LC) alleging violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010,…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, strongly condemns the cases filed against and imminent arrest of reputed author and Dalit scholar Prof. Anand Teltumbde. Prof. Anand Teltumbde, is currently a senior professor at…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, unequivocally condemns the recent raids by Pune police in Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Ranchi that have lead to the arrests of at least five notable…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights activists, mourns the loss of veteran journalist and human rights activist Kuldip Nayar. His participation in SAHR’s formation since its first conference at Neemrana Fort, Rajasthan has…
South Asians for Human Rights, a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the violent assault of activist Swami Agnivesh, the latest in a trend of mob violence including lynching and cow vigilantism in India. On 17 July 2018,…