Rights activists, academics and artists of South Asia have declared a democracy emergency in the region.The declaration came after a careful examination of curbs on freedom of expression and association in the region, in a regional consultation that held…
Seeking asylum is not a luxury but a compulsion. It is not a privilege but an alienable right. This right is directly related to the universal right of life and limb. No human being can be deprived of this…
SAPACC contingent attended Fridays For Future, Global Climate Strike in Hyderabad, India September 20, 2019. Photo: Takoyangba Lemtur Last weekend, a rainbow coalition of organizations and individuals launched the South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis (SAPACC) in…
The concerns raised by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet about mobile phone and Internet restrictions in Kashmir and resentment in Assam over the exclusion of thousands of people from National Registration of Citizens are valid…
The Muslim community and other human rights groups in downtown Miami organised a protest rally at Bayfront Park Florida. The demonstration was organised to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in the wake of the revocation of the occupied…
Pakistan is likely to move a Kashmir centric resolution with support from other member countries at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva starting today (September 9). The UNHRC session will continue for three…
According to the report “Growing Inequality in South Asia” launched yesterday (03) by South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) , South Asian countries have failed to make use of the economic growth in the region to improve the…
The heart goes out to the residents of Indian Occupied Kashmir, for their dark night may just have gotten a whole lot longer. The problem, which has defied settlement for seven decades, has become even more complex with India’s…
Compiled by Law Desk (SOURCE: UN.ORG). The primary responsibility to support victims of terrorism and to uphold their rights rests with the States themselves. The United Nations (UN) has been working to provide resources, mobilise the international…
AMIDST heightened security, a high-profile delegation from Myanmar recently visited refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazaar. Following growing international pressure on Myanmar’s leadership over its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim population, the subsequent refugee crisis the most recent crackdown…