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…

In response to the petition by ASK, BLAST, Naripokkho, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Jatiyo Adivasi Parishad, the High Court issued a rule on 25 May 2015 upon concerned authorities to…

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,…

ASK filed a Public Interest Litigation on the eviction of 14 Hindu Families at Taltoli upazilla, Barguna district which took place on 12 March 2015. The High Court gave following…

Writ Petition No. 11138 of 2014 Petitioner: Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) Respondents: Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka. Inspector General of Police, Police Headquarters, Fulbaria, Dhaka. Commissioner…

19 March 2014 ASK is the petitioner in the Public Interest Litigation which has been filed with a  Special Original Jurisdiction in the High Court Appellate Division. The Writ Petition…

The Contempt Notice Rule was issued against those responsible for not taking action on the 19th of November 2013. ASK had applied for an extension for the sex workers to…