On the observation of International Day of the Disappeared Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) is expressing its grave concern about the increasing rate of incidents of enforced disappearances over years….

[Dhaka, 28 May 2017] The Human Rights Forum of Bangladesh (HRFB) condemns the action taken by the police to arrest four persons in Dhaka on charges among others, attempted murder,…

‘I was raped more than 20 times in three days, they even could have killed me, today I am back to my country alive, I feel like it is my…

Bangladesh is a party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and it has promised to establish a strong monitoring system for the protection and…

  Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his mission to Bangladesh Link at OHCHR Website: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/31/18/Add.2

We, the undersigned human rights organisations from South Asia gathered in Kathmandu on 5 November 2015 to participate in South Asian Members’ Meeting, welcome the new constitution adopted by Nepal’s…

The Jakarta Recommendations are the outcome of discussions at a regional consultation on “Expression, Opinion and Religious Freedoms in Asia”, held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 3-5 June 2015. Ain o…

The 14th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 20 April-1 May 2015. On 30 April 2015,…