South Asia Citizens Web

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.

Sabeen Mahmud singlehandedly created a counter-cultural haven for artists, writers and thinkers in her home city. And she paid for it with her life. Those of us left behind can only ask why

Activist Sabeen Mahmud’s assassination in Pakistan proves that the state sees in intellectuals a threat to its unitary vision of nationalism.

We, the undersigned would like to express our extreme distress and dismay at the incidents of harassment against Ms. Sharmila Seyyid and her family through a variety of means including social media.