South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of Human Rights Defenders, expresses its serious concern at the demands made by Hefazat-e-Islam, for the immediate arrest, exile from the country, and inciting of physical violence against Sultana Kamal…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) is deeply concerned about restraint of freedoms of association and assembly through the use of force and intimidation in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In Bangladesh, the police have effectively crushed the readymade garment…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) welcomes the report of the fact finding mission (http://whc.unesco.org/en/documents/148097) jointly conducted by UNESCO and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to assess the current state of conservation of the Sundarbans,…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), the regional network of human rights defenders is extremely concerned of the uncompromising stance taken by the government of Bangladesh to proceed with the construction of the 1,320MW coal power plant in Rampal,…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) expresses its severe shock and vehement condemnation at the gruesome killing of Nazimuddin Samad, a 28 year old law student and secular activist on 7 April. According to the police he was targeted for…
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…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) conducted a fact finding mission to Rampal, Bangladesh on the establishment of a coal based power plant in April 2015. The mission was conducted by Dr. Harun Chowdhury and Sharif Jamil from Bangladesh.…
11 August 2015 H.E. Sheikh HasinaHonorable Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Office Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215 The People’s Republic of Bangladesh SAHR Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh expressing condemnation against the killing of Niloy Chatterjee and…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a democratic regional network of human rights defenders expresses its strong condemnation of the recent acquittal of a constable of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) by a special West Bengal court in…
Press Release South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a democratic regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) which was ratified for implementation between the governments of Bangladesh and India on 7 June 2015. This…