7 November 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Bangladesh
Article on the political situation following the installation of a military-backed government
Emergency Treatment: We have the cure, the world sang to Bangladesh [HRF/189/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 September 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
Article on preventive detention
Preventive Detention: Old Fears, New Dangers [HRF/188/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 June 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India, Somalia
Approximately 600 Somali refugees in India have registered with the UNHCR; due to lack of coherent legal framework for the care and protection of all refugees, Somalis have to rely on UNHCR for protection and support
Somali Refugees in India; A Struggle For Survival And Dignity [HRF/185/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 May 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
Article on the investigations on the case of the Punjab mass cremations during the 1980ies
A Step Forward in the Punjab Cremations Case [HRF/184/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
30 April 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
Article on situation of Tibetan refugees in India: Tibetan communities, legal status of Tibetans, restriction Tibetan refugees' rights
Tibetan Refugees in India; Declining Sympathies, Diminishing Rights [HRF/183/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 March 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
Information on anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh: Definition of anticipatory bail and background information on the law and its use
Anticipatory bail in Uttar Pradesh [HRF/182/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 February 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
Article on current situation in Central India, Chhattisgarh State: Historical development of civil war, fighting factions and their demands, situation in refugee camps, role of government and its failure of disarming terror groups
Chhattisgarh: State opts out as private army steps in (Appeal or News Release, English)
11 January 2008 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Sri Lanka
On 2 January 2008, government called off 2002 ceasefire agreement with Tamil rebels; abrogation of the agreement is likely to result in an escalation of violence
Renewed need for independent human rights presence [HRF/180/08] (Appeal or News Release, English)
26 December 2007 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
Bangladesh
Reason for approval of international community on Bangladeshi emergency state remains questionable as it offers constitutional breaches; government has failed to give reason for prolonging of emergency state beyond April 2007; there have been reports of 153 extrajudicial executions in 10 months of emergency
Our kind of emergency: The world believes – wrongly – that the Bangladesh crisis is ‘different’ (Appeal or News Release, English)
15 November 2007 | SAHRDC – South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre
India
SAHRDC calls for the National Human Rights Commission of India to take action in disability rights
Disability Rights Convention: Opportunities for India’s NHRC [HRF/177/07] (Appeal or News Release, English)