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The general’s atoll

The political grooming of the Maldivian armed forces threatens democracy, as well as the sanctity of the public sphere.

By Azra Naseem

/ 26 Sep 2014

Imported human rights

The yawning gap between Western human rights discourse and action has overshadowed domestic histories of reform and the need for a grassroots approach to social change.

By Norah Niland

/ 20 Mar 2014

Conditioned by war

In Sri Lanka, post-war trauma and a militarised peace have created a violent society, with children the worst affected.

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 13 Feb 2013

Rajapaksa’s bad gamble

After India’s vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHCR, Southasian states can no longer count on New Delhi’s neutrality while formulating foreign policy.

By Ajaz Ashraf

/ 3 May 2012

Talk of ‘traitors’

Unfazed by UN resolution, Rajapaksa government leans on patriotism and allies.

By Namini Wijedasa

/ 30 Mar 2012

A diaspora begins

Has resettlement given a fillip to the cause of democracy in Bhutan? Will the right of return be far behind?

By T P Mishra

/ 1 May 2010

Soft anarchy

In Sri Lanka, the rule of law has been replaced by the law of the rulers. The Uva Provincial Council election, held during the first week of August, marked the

By Tisaranee Gunasekara

/ 9 Sep 2009

The politics of internment

Throughout the years of the island's ethnic conflict, successive governments of Sri Lanka maintained that the war was against the LTTE and not the Tamil people. As such,

By The Editors

/ 3 Aug 2009

No peace without justice

Following shelling by the security forces in Jammu & Kashmir, 11 people were killed on 18 September 1997 in Arin, in Bandipore of Baramullah district. Eleven years later, the victims&

By Warisha Farasat

/ 1 Jun 2009

Prime minister versus president

Unexpected political developments have, again, dragged Nepal towards uncertainty and chaos. On 3 M ay, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal made a unilateral decision to sack Chief of the Army

By Mandira Sharma

/ 1 Jun 2009

Fighting Hudood, protecting women

Pakistan votes to amend rape laws 15 November 2006: Pakistan's national assembly votes to amend the country's strict Sharia laws on rape and adultery. Until now

By The Editors

/ 9 Dec 2008

An international pariah

The human rights catastrophe in Nepal has been a decade in the making. Thousands of people have been killed. Hundreds of thousands have been uprooted. Women have been attacked and

By Irene Khan

/ 28 Mar 2006