On 26 September 2018, India's Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Aadhaar, the country's controversial biometric national-identification programme. The ruling has, however, placed limits on
On 18 September 2018, the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar released its full findings detailing evidence of Myanmar army's crimes against humanity. Building on
On 28 August 2018, homes of several civil-rights activists, lawyers and writers across India were raided by the Maharashtra police for having 'links' with Maoists. Of these,
The late-night abduction, detention, custodial assault and subsequent arrest – this sequence is not unimportant – of the renowned Bangladeshi photographer, educator and activist Shahidul Alam has shocked civil-society activists
Millions of Pakistanis have just voted in the country's general elections. Though the electoral process has been marred by allegations of fraud and undue interference by the military,