South Asia

Articles

• An eyewitness account of Arab-Afghans and the inception of the Jihadi movement
  7 October 2019

  How did the first generation of Arab jihadists lead the way to today’s Islamists? In the late 80’s, by listening to the call of Azzam to join the caravans of jihad, hundreds of Arab youth went to fight a war they had no clue about. The end result is a disaster that continues to haunt us all.

• India: Sedition and FIRs charged against celebrities who wrote against mob lynching
  7 October 2019, by siawi3

  On Thursday, October 3, sedition charges were slapped and FIRs filed against 49 filmmakers, artists and intellectuals who were signatories to an open letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July. Through the letter, the signatories intended to draw the attention of the PM to the growing number of mob lynchings and incidents of caste and religion-based discrimination in the country.The sections under which the FIR has been registered include those related to sedition, public nuisance, and hurting religious sentiments among others.

• India: Unacceptable Lockdown in Kashmir - Text of Citizens Appeal to President and the Prime Minister
  7 October 2019, by siawi3

  If the government can take away freedom of expression and the right to debate legislation that affects their lives in Jammu and Kashmir, what prevents them from doing so across the country?

• Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia: The Inaugural Asma Jahangir Memorial Lecture
  6 October 2019, by siawi3

  An address by Tufts University professor Ayesha Jalal, marks the launch of an annual lecture series in honor of the late Asma Jehangir, a leading human rights activist from South Asia. Lecture at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC on 3 Oct 2019

• Pakistan: Crunch Time for Universities
  5 May 2019, by siawi3

  Pakistan’s broken university system cries out for basic attitudinal changes; money cannot fix it.

• Bangladeshi migrants in Tunisia forced to return home, aid groups claim
  8 July 2019, by siawi3

  “The IOM refers to such deportations as voluntary returns but what is voluntary about telling survivors that they can leave their prison merely if they agree to be returned? “Do we really believe that these Bangladeshi people risked their lives to move to Libya and then to try to cross the Mediterranean, only to then be ‘voluntarily’ returned to Bangladesh?”

• India: Delhi Commission for Women set up Transgender Cell to assess violence, abuse complaints
  2 July 2019, by siawi3

  In a meeting, the community spoke of the lack of proper healthcare services, police harassment and violation of basic human rights that make their daily lives miserable.

• Pakistan: Clients and patrons
  9 July 2019, by siawi3

  Rather than kick its dependency habits, Pakistan has sought and found new patrons. But, warned by earlier experiences, it’s surely time for us to reflect on the very nature of the patron-client relationship and its enduring costs.

• India: Are citizenship determining processes in Assam biased against the underprivileged?
  7 July 2019, by siawi3

  It is the underprivileged who pay a price… with their citizenship. It makes one wonder if this is all a part of a larger plan to exclude the poor and further marginalise them.

• India-Pakistan Diplomacy on Kartarpur Corridor: India and Pak Agree 5,000 Pilgrims Will Travel ’Visa-Free’ Daily:
  26 July 2019, by siawi3

  The corridor project would link two important holy sites related to the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak, which are now on either side of the international border. The foundation stone for the project was laid last year, with plans to open this corridor to mark the 550^th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in November

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