Human Rights

Geneva, July 12, 2024 – Peace for Asia hosted a pivotal event titled “Minority Rights in South Asia” at Geneva,…

A distinct footprint of large scale infrastructure projects in South Asia is their securitization at the expense of local communities.…

After two decades of War on Terror that was imposed on the lives of innocent people of Afghanistan, it is…

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by the United Nations in 2015, set forth a universal agenda to eradicate poverty,…

Asia, a vast and diverse continent, faces an intricate matrix of challenges when it comes to the issue of bioweapons.…

Iran’s upcoming parliamentary elections have provided the regime with an opportunity to manipulate public sentiment and desperately claim to be…

As 28-year-old Zabihullah recalls his ordeal, “Police snatched my money, I had to sell my belongings in order to come…

Manzoor Pashteen is imprisoned in Attock jail for the third time under 3MPO on the orders of the Punjab government.…

  Pakistan, already suffering the worst sectarian divide, witnesses another rise in sectarian extremism after the outgone Pakistan Democratic Movement…

   “August 9, 2023 – Tushar Gandhi Detained on Commemorating Quit India Day in Mumbai.”   India, accepted as a…

  Ever since Myanmar won freedom in 1948, political instability and ethnic tensions prompted the military to emerge as the…

Post 9/11 Structural Violence in Pakistan: A Gender-based psycho-social analysis. (Case study of Army Public School Peshawar incident) Though wars,…

  The realities of migrants reaching Europe mainly though the Mediterranean routes are heavily characterised by their lived experiences and…

  “Internal displacement is the greatest tragedy of our times; the internally displaced people are among the most vulnerable of…

  The term ‘disability’ is defined as a form of mental or physical impairment that makes it difficult to efficiently…

  With its expanding presence, Peace for Asia marked its first offline participatory activity amidst European policy spaces. On the…

We are all Hazaras.   Resistant and strong, that if we fall to the ground a thousand times, we will…

  Eight months have passed since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Eight months is a simple word, yet the…

  To watch the webinar click here   Dr. Paolo Sorbello is a researcher and journalist living in Almaty, Kazakhstan.…

The streets of Gujrat ran rampant with uncontained violence and carnage during February 2002 and March 2002. The events which…

Note: This article by Dina Kurmanova is a first hand account on the ongoing Human Rights violation in Kazakhstan. The…

As the international community and global media outlets focus on talks in Vienna pushed by world powers to reach a…

  Balochistan’s Gwadar region witnesses one of the largest ever protests recorded in the province. Having begun a month ago,…

  This short essay is by our Peace Ambassador Rita Anwari. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of…

To watch the Webinar click here.  On 15th September 2021, Peace for Asia held a webinar with Prof. Ebrahim Afsah,…

Human trafficking is is believed to be the third most lucrative form of crime after drugs and arms trafficking. It…

According to reports by various human rights groups, approximately 1600 blasphemy cases have been filed in Pakistan since 1987, mostly…

This World Humanitarian Day, Peace For Asia applauds those who selflessly aid people in need during times of crisis. World Humanitarian…

In June 2021, the International Criminal Court opened an investigation into the alleged human rights abuses and targeted assassinations in…