Economic Divides Fuel Rights Violations Across Provinces in Pakistan
Pakistan’s economy is undergoing provincial disparities that entrench poverty, limit access to basic services and fuel grievances in marginalised regions….
Shelter Security and Human Dignity: How India is Advancing Human Rights through Inclusive Housing
In India, the push for “Housing for All” has increasingly been framed as a human rights agenda that links shelter…
Civil Law Is Not a Cultural Bargaining Chip
There are moments when a liberal democracy must decide whether it is serious about its own laws. The recent suggestion…
Converting Impunity: How Hindu and Christian Girls Face Institutionalized Persecution in Pakistan
In July last year, a 13-year-old Christian girl named Maria Shahbaz was abducted from her home. Within days, she had…
Beijing’s assault on Tibetan childhood: Inside China’s campaign to reengineer identity
A quiet but far-reaching transformation is underway on the Tibetan plateau, one that targets not infrastructure or territory, but childhood…
Crosses under siege: China’s expanding crackdown on unofficial churches
On January 5, 2026, hundreds of armed police surrounded Yayang Church in Wenzhou, a coastal city in China’s Zhejiang province….
Pakistan’s Expanding Digital Censorship and Surveillance Regime
Since 2024 onwards there have been infrastructural, legal, and policy changes, which fundamentally changed the experience of the internet in…
Tibet and the Enduring Hope of Independence
On February 13, 1913, the 13th Dalai Lama issued a five-point proclamation that declared Tibet a free and independent nation….
China’s sedentarisation of Tibetan nomads
China’s sedentarisation of Tibetan nomads in Amdo, Qinghai, and Sichuan—framed as modernization and ecological protection—has instead become a story of…
Will Hasina apologize to Sanatani Hindus!
India’s immediate neighbour, Bangladesh that witnessed turmoil following the demise of a young radical leader Sharif Osman Bin Hadi amid…
