Afghanistan
Documented incidents of extremism from November 2021 to March 2022 The Taliban government has announced the establishment of a military tribunal to implement religious law in Afghanistan.[1] Human Rights Watch […]
SAHR expresses concern over the US government’s decision to dispense Afghanistan’s frozen assets on a fund for Sept.11 victims
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, expresses concern over the US government’s decision to dispense $7 billion in Afghan assets, now frozen in […]
SAHR expresses concern over the statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry to the statement by a prominent human rights lawyer Ambika Satkunanathan to the European Union
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, expresses concern over the statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry on 4, February 2022 as […]
SAHR is deeply concerned of the forcible disappearance of Human Rights activists in Kabul
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of Human Rights Defenders is deeply concerned of the forcible disappearance of Tamana Zaryab Paryani and Parwana Ibrahimkhil, two women’s rights […]
SAHR is deeply alarmed and concerned by the rising explicit intolerance against minorities especially Muslims and the ongoing crackdown on human rights organisations in India
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, is deeply alarmed and concerned by the rising explicit intolerance against minorities especially Muslims, and the ongoing […]
No justice to date for journalists killed or disappeared in Sri Lanka
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders, deliberates on the ever delayed justice for the slain and disappeared journalists in Sri Lanka. The thirteenth […]
Will the Sialkot incident affect GSP Plus?
Ladies stripped and paraded, hundreds of rapes taped, a person burnt to death, but the business mill continues. While random unverified tweets claim that Pakistan’s exports orders are suffering in […]
To Best Utilise its Demographic Dividend, India Must Aim For Equitable Growth
In the 1990s, India liberalised its economy, paving the way for more private investment. For the next two decades, India grew at a rapid pace, lifting millions out of poverty. […]
Give Ceasefire a Chance
At the end of April, the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) reported that over 500 civilians, including 150 children, were killed and injured since the US-Taliban deal had been struck in Doha […]
Decades of Impunity Paved Way for Myanmar’s Coup
On December 10, 2019, Abubacarr Tambadou, then Gambia’s justice minister, posed a question to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. “Why is the world standing by and allowing such […]