Vijay Nagaraj, a former director of Amnesty International in India and an activist-researcher based in Sri Lanka died in a car accident on Friday. He was 44. According to
Anxious families of fishermen detained in Indian jails will finally get some relief after the Sindh government approved a monthly compensation of Rs10,000 for every detained fishermen. The families will
We will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement on August 9. It was the last mass agitation before India became Independent on August 15, 1947. A
Collective feels it is tantamount to obfuscation of abortion laws, causing undesirable and damaging delays A collective of public health experts, lawyers, and human rights activists have expressed serious concern
The idea is to explore the possibility of a way forward in the relationship given all the known knowns. In Pakistan initially, the deep state supported Aman ki Asha, even
Not only are fishermen punished harshly for crossing a border they cannot see, once detained they are treated like prisoners of war by the other country. Bodies of fishermen who
A day after an activist filed a petition against giving permission for activist Irom Sharmila’s marriage, many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and human rights activists in the region have come out in support
Pakistan has strongly condemned the alleged harassment of relatives of Kashmiri Leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq by Indian authorities. The Foreign Office spokesperson condemned the coercive, pressure tactic by India and
KARACHI: In a coordinated move, activists and organisations working for regional peace launched the ‘Peace Now and Forever’ campaign simultaneously in various cities of India and Pakistan on Saturday. In Pakistan,
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