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Nepal’s slum demolitions have displaced thousands, turning a promise of land reform into a human rights crisis. (more…)
By tying caste recognition to religion, the law risks excluding those who continue to face the same discrimination it seeks to remedy. (more…)
Using institutions to remove people’s names from the West Bengal electoral roll through an opaque bureaucratic process is fraught with negative consequences. (more…)
Political exclusion of Assam’s Bengal-origin Muslims has been adversely impacting their health conditions. (more…)
US action against Venezuela and threats to Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Canada mark a new low in American foreign policy. (more…)
The Special Intensive Revision of the voters list across 12 Indian states could potentially lead to sharpening of the communal divide. (more…)
Due legal process and international involvement will ensure credibility of Bangladesh’s contested judicial platform. (more…)
A comprehensive compensation scheme must also address rehabilitation, counselling and reintegration into the society. (more…)
The harassment, detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking migrant workers is merely the first step in identifying and creating a new stateless population in South Asia. (more…)
Existing laws can do little to protect the rights of migrant labour, especially during a crisis. Revisiting labour laws can remedy this. (more…)
