http://www.southasianrights.org Promoting Democracy, Upholding Human Rights Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:03:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has attributed Wednesday’s attacks on Shia processions to the continued failure of the state to confront the causes and perpetrators of extremism and violence in the country. In a statement issued on Thursday, the HRCP said, “The attacks on religious processions in Lahore ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1473 Representatives of the Saarc member states in a two-day inter-governmental meeting that began yesterday have almost finalised the draft of 'Saarc Charter of Democracy', said Foreign Secretary Mijarul Quayes. Emerging from the ongoing meeting at Hotel Sheraton in the city, Quayes said at a press briefing that they would come up ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1471 The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) yesterday said the organization did not support the proposed amendments to the 18th amendment of the constitution stating that the electoral process would be severely affected. CMEV National Coordinator, D. M. Dissanayake said that if the appointment of the heads of the seven commissions ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1469 By Yohan Perera Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) yesterday charged that the proposed 18th Amendment to the constitution would inflict a severe blow to Sri Lanka’s democracy because the new amendment allowed the president to appoint members to the ‘Independent’ Commissions. CaFFE spokesman Keerthi Tennakoon said the reforms replaced the ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1467 AUGUST 11, 2010 (New York) - A US State Department report released on August 11, 2010, shows that Sri Lanka has not yet conducted an effective investigation into laws-of-war violations by government forces and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the final months of the war that ended ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1459 An Interview with Ali Dayan Hasan of Human Rights Watch by Raza Rumi of the Friday Times Published in: The Friday Times AUGUST 13, 2010 Following the August 2 murder of the MQM leader Raza Haider, ethnically opposed factions have killed 86 people in Karachi and the violence continues. Three ‘secular' parties are in the driving ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1454 Sri Lanka’s Chief of Immigration has terminated the visa given to Ms. Elizabeth Ogaya who is the Project Co-ordinator of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Programme (HRDPP). Ms. Ogaya, the Kenyan born HR professional is attached to the US-based Non Violence Peace Force (NVPF) in Colombo and was given until ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1452 By Gazala Anver The Human Rights Commission (HRC) says that over 5000 cases of human rights violations in Sri Lanka are still pending, unresolved, due to the non-appointment of commissioners. The commissioners who are appointed by the Constitutional Council itself is no longer operative. Up to date, during 2010 alone, there have been ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1449 KATHMANDU, AUG 30 - I have been covering crime for the last three years, and the kind of issues that I write about I am afraid don’t count as good news. It is a monotonous routine, and the things I write about usually come from the human underbelly. Of course, a ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1447 KATHMANDU, AUG 30 - Nepal’s civil war may be over, but the fate of over 1,350 disappeared remains uncertain. Kamala Tamang, 29, lost her husband Santosh Tamang seven years. He never came back. On Monday, watching “Shadows of Hope’, a documentary film about the family members of those who went missing,  and produced by the ... http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=1445