Child shipbreaking workers sleep on a metal bed. Rahman Yard in Chittagong. — Shahidul Alam/Drik/Majority World RAHNUMA forwarded me Laily’s wrenching FaceBook post. Her father is dying, far away in a UK hospital. Heart breaking, holding back tears, she…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, questions the Presidential pardon of former Army Sergeant Sunil Rathnayake, who was convicted for the killing of 8 unarmed civilians including 3 children in Mirisuvil, Jaffna…
Amidst the uncertainty and fear that has taken hold globally as the scope and impact of the COVID-19 virus continues to evolve, we cannot lose sight that human rights principles are essential to all aspects of this crisis. And…
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes the decision of the Heads of State of countries in South Asia to discuss together as the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), to…
Photo: BIGSTOCK Kajol, editor of fortnightly newspaper Pakkhokal, worked at the dailies -- Samakal and Bonik Barta -- as a photo journalist Journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol, one of the accused in the case filed against Manabzamin Editor Matiur Rahman…
The inception of Pakistan’s e-surveillance programme can be traced back to the evolution of Nadra into a national registry and centralised database of all citizens. (Photo: Pixabay) The ministry of information technology and telecommunication has published a deeply misguided…