Sushmita Preetha News Today

After the collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that made Joe Fresh clothing killed 1,134 workers a decade ago, its Canadian parent company promised safe factories and fair wages. Ten years later, an investigation by The Fifth Estate raises questions of whether Loblaw has delivered on that promise.

Will the wage board and our policymakers truly hear the stories of backbreaking work and heartbreaking debt of the garment workers, who have kept the economy going even at its worst phases?

A young agricultural researcher in Lahore taps into his passion for writing and peacebuilding with a heartwarming multilingual “family” writing workshop

By Shazman Shariff Activists, road crash survivors and victims' families ha[d] a message for the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting on Global (...)

By Shazman Shariff A Sapan syndicated feature Seventeen-year-old Durva Bhasin in Jaipur had the morning off from school that Monday, as she walked to her Kathak practical exam, excited to show her prowess after months of practice. A rashly-driven bus ended her dreams. That day, 3 May 1999, also forever changed the lives of her […]

Activists from across South Asia have expressed concern at the deteriorating human rights situation in the region, amidst growing majoritarian authori

Commemorating Human Rights Day, the founding of SAARC and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence, discussion organised by SAPAN highlights the commonality of human rights issues across the region.