Fact Finding Mission to Rampal, Bangladesh, 5-11 April 2015, conducted by South Asians for Human Rights
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of human rights defenders across South Asia, conducted a fact finding mission in Rampal, Bangladesh on the establishment of a coal-based […]
Free speech under fire in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Two writers were hacked to death with machetes on the streets of this capital city during a six-week period this year. They were targeted for openly criticizing […]
Activists call for fresh assessment
Local and international rights activists on Sunday demanded a comprehensive and scientific Environmental Impact Assessment on the country’s 1,320 megawatt Rampal coal-based power plant. They also said, at a press […]
Pakistan condemns human right violation in occupied J&K
Islamabad: Pakistan has expressed its deep concerns, at the increase in systematic human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir.Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam today said we condemn the […]
The state of human rights
This year, as in the years past, there is not a lot to be satisfied about with respect to the state of human rights in the country, as presented […]
U.N. says Afghanistan’s court system fails women
The 35-page report, produced in cooperation with the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, is comprised of a series of interviews with 110 women across 18 of […]
HRCP presents dismal rights picture
LAHORE: “The state of human rights in the year 2014 overall has been bad,” said I.A. Rehman. The HRCP general secretary was speaking at launch of the annual report […]