On 5 November 2026, Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Humaiun Kabir, announced that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, currently living in exile in India, would not be issued a regular passport or a travel pass to return to her country. Kabir stated that she must be brought back to Bangladesh from Delhi under the […]
At least 28 cases of transnational repression by Pakistan, involving at least 48 distinct and identifiable individual victims in 14 countries across the globe, explains Pakistan’s involvement in one of the emerging human rights violations in the world. The two contempt notices issued to Foreign Secretary Asim Iftikhar on 22 October 2026 over alleged non-compliance […]
While the dismissal of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial government, led by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on 11 July 2026 under Articles 232 and 234 of the Constitution of Pakistan raised questions about the status of democracy in the country, what has gone unnoticed is the de facto and de jure suppression of the […]
As internal armed conflicts intensify in Pakistan, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, enforced disappearances have been skyrocketing. The cases of enforced disappearances in Balochistan surged by over 308% in 2025 (1,482 cases) compared with 2020 (480 cases). This trend continues in 2026 with 793 cases of enforced disappearances from January to July 2026 i.e. […]
On 23 September 2026, a man identified as Faizan Shan, reportedly a resident of Chak Dhamni in Rawalakot, was killed and another man travelling with him on a motorcycle was reportedly injured following an incident involving Pakistan Rangers personnel near a checkpoint in the Rawalakot area. According to reports, Rangers personnel opened fire during the […]
Regarding interventions against handing over of the administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to the DGFI, mandating the State sponsored vigilante group PCJSS to draft anti-terrorism policy, extending democracy denied for the last 37 years further and continuing acts of racial discrimination by providing free food rations to implanted majority plain settlers in the […]
What is new?On 10 September 2026, the Government of Bangladesh formed three Committees on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) affairs i.e. National Committee[1], Executive Committee[2] and Advisory Committee[3] to formulate the National Strategy on the Chittagong Hill Tracts within the next 90 days. The CHT is the homeland of majority indigenous peoples of Bangladesh. The […]
Today, the 9th September, marks the fall of former Prime Minister KP Oli Sharma’s government in Nepal following massive uprising by the Gen-Z in the country in September 2025. Large-scale anti-corruption protests and demonstrations intensified after the government imposed a nationwide ban on several major social media platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, and […]
Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman who was elected President of the UN General Assembly’s 81st session beginning on 8 September 2026 had stated that his presidency would focus on six broad priorities: peace and security; accelerating progress on the SDGs; climate action and environmental protection; human rights; governance of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, […]
