The recent accord that was signed between the Centre and the largest faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland NSCN (IM) is welcome. The group has given up its demand for a sovereign state outside India. A pact…
Bangkok, Thailand / Colombo, Sri Lanka – The Maldives government must immediately reverse the politicisation of the country’s judiciary and the erosion of rule of law in the country, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and South Asians…
Friday is a rest day in Kabul, our weekend. I was staying with my sister and her family Thursday and woke in the middle of the night to a loud noise and whispers about whether what we had…
The Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan displayed the mix of excitement and momentousness this August 14-15 midnight that it usually does as the two countries celebrate their independence days. This midnight occasion has become its own ritual, poignant…
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 regional network of human rights defenders deplores the continued harassment of Indian social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand by the Indian government authorities; the punishment of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder…
