The attempt to get the Afghan parliament to ratify a key law on violence against women ended in a fiasco and has been angrily dismissed as the politicking of a single ambitious female politician. But the controversies around the EVAW law show that there are no perfect strategies available to women
US drones are often thought of as focused entirely on action against Al-Qaeda and associates, particularly in Pakistan. But the CIA's expanding global net extends into the Pacific, linked to the surveillance operations of the National Security Agency.
Why is it taking so long for Pakistan to choose a new Chief of Army Staff - and who will it be? An insight into the politics and personalities of the brass in the running, and how the US and other allies will react.
A new group of secular intellectuals in India argues that the BJP’s real attitude towards women is based on a fascist communally-based politics in which women are seen not as individuals with rights, but as bearers of their community’s honour, to be protected or raped, depending who they are.
So where has the growth gone; who is it for? Who has benefited from the ‘economic miracle’? The middle class have become rich; the rich have become super rich: the super rich stellar rich.
Initially mandated to protect and assist, the humanitarian project in Kabul has significantly reshaped the city over the past decade. In the absence of democratic control, and in the face of pervasive neoliberal logics, what happens to Kabuli's right to the city?
The UK Government is currently refusing to offer automatic asylum to those who risked their lives interpreting for the British army in Afghanistan. As pressure mounts, will they change their minds?
One of the country’s most informed human rights experts explains how India blocks foreign funding for rights work it doesn’t like. Philanthropists avoid supporting work that will anger the state so the only organizations able to tackle the most sensitive rights issues are those funded by small con
يوضح أحد أكثر الخبراء علماً في حقوق الإنسان في البلد كيف أن الهند تسد الطريق أمام التمويل الأجنبي لأعمال الحقوق التي لا ترغب بها. ويتجنب المحسنين دعم الأعمال التي تقوم بإغضاب الدولة وبالتالي فإن المنظمات الوحيدة القادرة على معالجة مشكلة قضايا الحقوق الأكثر حساسية هي تلك التي يتم تمويلها بتبرعات بس
देश के सबसे जानकार मानव अधिकारों के विशेषज्ञों में से एक समझाते हैं कि उन मानवाधिकारों के कार्यों के लिए भारत किस तरह विदेशी अनुदान में रुकावट डालता है जिन्हें वह पसंद नहीं करता है। जनहितैषी उन कार्यों का समर्थन करने से बचते हैं जो सरकार को क्रोधित कर सकते हैं और इस कारणवश सबसे संवेदनशील मानवाधिका
Uno de los expertos en derechos humanos más informados del país explica la manera en que la India bloquea el financiamiento proveniente del extranjero para los esfuerzos de derechos humanos que no le agradan. Los filántropos evitan apoyar los esfuerzos que provocarán la ira del Estado, así que las
Britain's collusion in the Sri Lankan state's violent tactics of repression is finally coming to light. But it's only one part of its long history aiding police brutality across many former colonies - and much more remains unknown.
