South Asia Citizens Web

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) a regional human rights organization strongly condemns the killing of Sabeen Mahmud a Pakistani human rights activist and Director of T2F and Peace Niche and calls out to the government of Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure those responsible are brought to justice.

Below, some of the widespread condemnation and protest vigils against the cowardly murder of human rights activist and upholder of free speech Sabeen Mahmud, shot dead in Karachi on the night of April 24, 2015 after she hosted a conversation on human rights violations in Balochistan. Just published: Tanqeed’s partial transcript of the discussion. No, Sabeen was not a separatist, nor did she condone violence by anyone, whether in the name of nationalism, ethnicity, religion, or honour. She (…)

The Hindu, April 25, 2015
When communities do not find it fit to mingle with each other socially, what kind of nation are we talking about?
Our mind has faculties which are universal, but its habits are insular.
Rabindranath Tagore
A crowd of nearly 10,000 people forces a man out of a jail, strips him and drags him tied to a motorcycle for seven kilometres while beating and pelting his naked body with stones. Finally, the man dies and his body is displayed from a clock tower. It is (…)

PEN American Center has decided to give Charlie Hebdo a long overdue recognition - its Freedom of Expression Courage award. On its website, PEN justified its decision arguing, quite legitimately, that "Only a handful of people are willing to put themselves in peril to build a world in which we are all free to say what we believe" and that the journalists of Charlie Hebdo belonged to this category.

UDR notes with extreme concern the Supreme Court’s decision on the 9th of April 2015, to reject Yakub Memon’s petition seeking review of his death sentence.