On the last two days of the UNHRC session, India voted in 15 resolutions and made a statement on Myanmar, the only resolution that did not go to a vote. View of the UN Human Rights Council. Credit: Flickr Commons New…
“Politics of division and the rhetoric of intolerance are targeting racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, and migrants and refugees. Words of fear and loathing can, and do, have real consequences,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid…
India is a big country and it shares boundaries with countries like Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. India share maritime borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand. So, naturally there are many towns, villages on or…
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has written to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe conveying its concern about the proposed amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Special Provisions) Act No 2 of 2013. In the letter the…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional human rights organization, is deeply concerned about the tense situation arisen between Afghanistan and Pakistan owing to Pakistan’s instant reaction to the deadly terror attack in Lahore and the horrendous massacre…