South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, request the Government of Bangladesh to immediately ensure the safety and security of eminent human right activist, Sultana Kamal, and two others, who received death threats…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the attack on the motorcade of the Jatiya Oikyafront leader and senior lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain on 14 December 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr.…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) notes with deep concern the passing of the Digital Security Act by the Government of Bangladesh, despite many rights activists, civil society and media at national, regional and international level strongly criticising this…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, condemns the arrest of Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, a road safety campaigner, who was placed on a day’s remand for interrogation hours after he was arrested on…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the assaults on and arrests of Bangladeshi students protesting to amend the government quota system. Since April 2018, students, teachers, and citizens’ groups in…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned by allegations of extra-judicial killings in Bangladesh, carried out under the guise of a war on drugs. In the last two weeks, over…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights defenders’ network expresses grave concern at the continued institution of cases in Bangladesh against individuals under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act curtailing fundamental rights to…
Press Statement South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) conducted a fact-finding mission to Bangladesh from 7 – 11 December 2017 to assess the human rights concerns of the Rohingya refugees, in particular those who fled Myanmar due to violence after 25…
We, several international and regional civil society organisations express deep concern over violent threats received by Sultana Kamal, a prominent lawyer and women human rights defender in Bangladesh. Sultana received these threats from the radical Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam (Hefazat),…