South Asia
© Marcus Perkins for Amnesty International
Overview
The space for freedom of expression is shrinking across south Asia. Pakistan is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists; Bangladesh is increasingly dangerous for those speaking their own minds and, human rights defenders are not tolerated in Afghanistan. Yet there are small signs of progress, even if fragile and halting. These include tentative steps towards addressing widespread torture in Afghanistan, India and Sri Lanka.
Commentary
Analysis, opinion, personal stories and more.
Sri Lanka
Forced cremations in Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Intolerance and a repressive legal regime: A twin threat to freedom of expression
Afghanistan
Afghanistan's four million Internally Displaced People - a glance into their lives of poverty and displacement during the pandemic.
Sri Lanka
On Hejaaz Hizbullah: The latest victim of Sri Lanka’s draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act