HRF/219/12 | 3 February 2012
The plight of Afghanistan’s Sikh community is often ignored. Since the coming to power of the Mujahedeen in 1992, the Sikh community has been fleeing Afghanistan. The bulk of the estimated 200,000 Afghan Sikhs appear toh ave fled between 1991 and 1994…..
June 19, 2010 | Economic & Political Weekly (EPW) vol xlv no 25
TNN Nov 22, 2001 | The Times of India
new delhi: the south asia human rights documentation centre (sahrdc) has described the prevention of terrorism ordinance (poto) as ”yet another blot on india’s democratic fabric”. in a booklet on poto, ”government decides to play judge and jury”, released on tuesday, sahrdc says there is not a single provision in the ordinance — except those which contradict the crpc, ipc, evidence act or the constitution — that is not covered by existing laws such as the nsa, armed forces special powers act, unlawful activities (prevention) act, prevention of seditious meetings act and a host of other acts.
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The Statesman
NEW DELHI, 26 Oct. 1998 – A report on the situation in Bhutan has warned of a possible conflagration if the root causes of the unrest are not addressed.
The situation there, with the presence of the Indian insurgent groups, the unrest amongst the Lhotsampas of south Bhutan and the Sharchop community of eastern Bhutan and the presence of a large number of small arms in the region has been described by the South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre as a powder keg.
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