South Asians for Human Rights

Promoting Democracy, Upholding Human Rights

Asma Jahangir awarded UN prize for human rights

UNITED NATIONS: One of Pakistan’s leading human rights defenders, Asma Jahangir, was Tuesday named as this year’s winner of a UN award that recognizes outstanding individual contribution to promoting a […]

Sri Lanka: Poddala wins Global Integrity Award

Investigative journalist Poddala Jayantha has won this year’s Global Integrity Award. Transparency International (TI) created this prestigious award to recognize the courage and determination of individuals and organisations fighting corruption […]

Weliamuna Elected to Global Anti-Corruption Board

Constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate J. C. Weliamuna has been elected to the Board of Directors of Transparency International (TI) at the Annual Membership Meeting of the leading global […]

Terrorism, a war against human rights

By Dr Telli C Rajaratanm The subject is wide in scope so I shall confine my analysis to the current trends in international affairs relating to Sri Lanka with the […]

Bangladesh: Get anti-stalking policy

Ashutosh Sarkar Expressing grave concern over repeated instances of men stalking women and girls with tragic consequences, the High Court yesterday directed the government to formulate a policy and guidelines […]

Bangladesh: Target genocide apology

After a break of three years, the Bangladeshi and Pakistani foreign secretaries will hold talks on bilateral relations at a two-day annual consultation to be held in Islamabad on November […]