Human Rights

Deteriorating democracies in the Global South would do well to follow Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s recipe for restoring...

A festering ethno-religious conflict comes to a head in Manipur State

“Prosperity must be shared by all,” is the Maldivian President’s motto

By Robert Costa/Washington Post Washington, November 3: Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), an Iraq War veteran who is running for the 2020...

Volker Türk ends two-day visit to troubled Bangladesh

Large and economically powerful countries including India and China choose to be passive onlookers.

Debate resumes in India after the Union government told the Supreme Court that criminalizing marital rape would destroy the institution...

Yunus has to balance reform with democracy

Government intimidation, foreign interference, disinformation and the misuse of artificial intelligence in campaigns have increased

Over 50 percent of the area’s land has been expropriated for various “development” projects and the expansion of Buddhist viharas...