Gathering for justice
A Pashtun civil rights group successfully holds a massive jirga to tackle the community’s problems that range from land grabs ...
A Pashtun civil rights group successfully holds a massive jirga to tackle the community’s problems that range from land grabs ...
For decades, India has been the go-to destination of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal seeking treatment for serious medical conditions. But ...
Bangladesh’s hijras have long realized that their being recognized legally as the ‘third gender’ does not automatically come with societal ...
Pakistan is hardly known for its tolerance of its religious minorities, but its Ahmaddiyah community has been feeling particularly targeted ...
Rights advocates in the Philippines have been struggling for more than two decades to get the country’s legislators pass a ...
Deep-seated societal prejudice, as well as a sore lack of advocates for their rights and low rights awareness among members ...
It has been almost three decades since Japan’s controversial eugenics law was repealed, but the quest for a state apology ...
A nonprofit conservation organization in Nepal is banking on music to help spread its message on the dire consequences of ...
As the region increasingly adopts artificial intelligence, concerns about algorithmic bias in one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse ...
After being targeted by Pegasus spyware, a Thai activist fights for justice even as a flawed legal system that dismissed...
Read moreFear of being recruited into the military is making more and more Myanmar youths to try going abroad, but the...
Read moreOne of them is not even in her teens yet, but sisters Nandini and Yachika Jaglan are already following their...
Read moreIn disaster-prone South Asia, a mental-health crisis is building up as people try to cope with the worsening impacts of...
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