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Category: General News Alerts

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein via videolink to the Human Rights Council

October 1, 2015
General News Alerts

Scroll down for the video message link. 30 September 2015 Mr President, Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to present […]

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2015 ANNI Report on the Performance and Establishment of National Human Rights Institutions in Asia

September 18, 2015
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The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), as the Secretariat of the Asian NGO Network on National Human […]

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Human rights, foreign policy and the battle for Sri Lanka’s soul

September 10, 2015
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Sri Lanka’s controversial human rights record comes up before the UN Human Rights Council in September, this time in the […]

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Accountability is not limited to a majority-minority dynamic

September 1, 2015
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With the September 2015 report of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) referencing war-time accountability of Sri Lanka’s political […]

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What Latest Attacks Mean for Afghanistan’s Path to Peace

August 21, 2015
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  Friday is a rest day in Kabul, our weekend. I was staying with my sister and her family Thursday […]

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Foreign Office drops references to its campaign to abolish death penalty

August 3, 2015
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The UK Foreign Office has revised its global human rights priorities, dropping any explicit reference to its campaign to abolish […]

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“FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS NOT JUST ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT” – UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT

July 29, 2015
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Speaking ahead of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, United Nations human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro calls for […]

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Afghanistan – in – year update July 2015

July 16, 2015
General News Alerts, Uncategorized

The human rights situation in Afghanistan remained a serious concern in the first half of 2015. Despite some positive messages […]

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The Dhaka slum being transformed by women

July 14, 2015
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In the centre of Dhaka, a few streets away from high rise office blocks and the penthouses of the wealthy, […]

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Mass graves of suspected Bangladeshi, Rohingya migrants found in Malaysia

May 25, 2015
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Kuala Lumpur, May 24 Malaysia today said it has found mass graves, feared to contain bodies of Bangladeshi and Rohingya […]

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Recent Posts

  • SAHR commends the ceasefire agreed upon by the governments of India and Pakistan on 10 May 2025
  • Voicing the concerns of South Asians, SAHR resolutely demands the governments of India & Pakistan to immediately de-escalate the current war situation
  • SAHR vehemently condemns the terrorist attack against 26 tourists in Indian administered Kashmir
  • SAHR Strongly Condemns the Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions in Balochistan and Urges Immediate Release
  • SAHR calls on the Government of Bangladesh to uphold the right to peaceful protest

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