World Sikh Organization opens India centre to protect human rights activists
By Surbhi Bhatia Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev’s fasting grabbed attention of the entire world. But did you know there
AHRC urges India to withdraw AFSPA from IHK
SRINAGAR, (SANA): The Hong Kong-based human rights organisation, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), has urged India to withdraw draconian
SAHR Statement on the role of women at the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan
South Asians for Human Rights welcomes the latest developments in the delegation from Afghanistan to the Bonn Conference, in increasing
The Scandal of India’s Human Rights
Activists are too often killed, ‘disappeared’ or intimidated India scarcely has a human rights record it can be proud of.
India: ‘Rotten’ justice system in J&K big blow for juveniles
Despite amnesty for juveniles, more children are being tried and lodged with adults inside jails Iftikhar Gilani New Delhi Despite
Former SAHR Co-Chair, Asma Jahangir, receives Human Rights award
US body gives HR Award to Asma Jehangir NEW YORK: United Nations Association of USA (UNA-USA) Leo Nevas Human Rights
Statement Addressed to the SAARC Heads of State by Members of SAHR on the occasion of the SAARC Summit Meeting at Addu – Maldives 10th-11th November 2011
On behalf of the members of South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a democratic regional network of human rights defenders
India: Court Ruling Forces Kashmir Army Immunity Issue
India’s government has prevaricated for months over whether to phase out controversial laws that protect soldiers operating in Kashmir from
SAARC has exhausted its potential: Mani Shankar Aiyar
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has said that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
MKM concerned over gross HR abuses in IHK
SRINAGAR (IHK): In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Khawateen Markaz (MKM), a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyet