Lives lost, interrupted
A humanitarian crisis caused by sectarian clashes in Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwest has revealed that the government is either ...
A humanitarian crisis caused by sectarian clashes in Kurram district in Pakistan’s northwest has revealed that the government is either ...
One of Bangladesh’s smallest indigenous minorities is bearing the brunt of military operations against an armed insurgent group.
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It has been almost three decades since Japan’s controversial eugenics law was repealed, but the quest for a state apology ...
Democracy and human rights take a backseat in Thailand as economic doldrums and a wish to stay out of jail...
Read moreState repression and control seem to be part of just about every government in Pakistan.
Read moreThis year may end up a pivotal one in the quest of Myanmar’s resistance forces to free the country from...
Read moreChina is now openly backing Myanmar’s military junta and pressuring ethnic armed groups fighting it to go back to the...
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