Human rights in South Asia are under severe pressure as the entire region is fraught with problems of deep-entrenched poverty, oppressive caste and patriarchal structures, repressive regimes, proliferation of communal forces, ethnic violence, terrorism, etc. Not a day passes, when the rights of the people are not violated either by private or state forces.
With the Universal Declaration of Human Rights completing the 60 years in 2008, it becomes imperative to celebrate and uphold the right to live with dignity.
Image: Victim of communal violence in Orissa/ Photo credit: Asian Centre for Human Rights
02-07-2009In a historic judgment today, India’s Delhi High Court has decriminalised homosexuality among consenting adult partners. The court in its ruling said that the archaic law was violative of fundamental rights.
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Image: Participants at the gay parade in New Delhi/ Photo credit: IBNLive
01-07-2009Ahead of his visit to Myanmar, UN chief has urged the military junta to release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. He is also likely to make a pitch for creating a political atmosphere conducive to the holding of credible elections next year.
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Image: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon/ Photo credit: UN News
30-06-2009The proposed Food Security Act in India is flawed, says Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)). She argues the public distribution system should be made universal, as it existed prior to the targeted system introduced in the 1990s as part of the neo-liberal agenda.
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20-06-2009Refugee Girls: The Invisible Faces of War is a comprehensive document by the Women’s Refugee Commission. It narrates untold stories of millions of girls displaced by conflicts and shows how with education these girls can emerge out of the crisis.
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Image: Afghan girls study in a school for refugee children in Quetta, Pakistan/ Photo credit: Google
