South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, vehemently condemns the measures taken by the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to execute four prisoners. Even though the details of the four inmates awaiting execution…
Bangkok/Colombo/Dublin/Geneva/Johannesburg/London/New Delhi/New York/Paris We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the filing of criminal charges against Indian NGO ‘Lawyers Collective’, Senior Advocate Anand Grover, and other representatives of Lawyers Collective. Criminal charges were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
GENEVA (25 June 2019) - Climate change will have the greatest impact on those living in poverty, but also threatens democracy and human rights, according to a UN expert. “Even if current targets are met, tens of millions will…
Southeast Asian leaders at their annual summit should drastically rethink their response to the plight of Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said today. The 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are scheduled to meet…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply concerned about the filing of a First Information Report (FIR) against the Lawyers Collective (LC) alleging violations of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010,…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the delay in forcefully displaced Rohingyas repatriation from Bangladesh to Myanmar. He expressed the concern at a meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam in New…
A meeting of regional networks was organised by South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) to develop a regional agenda for collective advocacy on Human Rights, Peace and Democracy in South Asia and was held on 12 and 13 of…