Human rights in South Asia

Human rights in South Asia is a daıting topic to cover in the space of half an hour, given the flagrant violations of human rights in the teeming democracies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, not to mention Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives. In the recent past, India alone has witnessed brutal suppression of people [secessionist movements] in the North and Northeast; illegal detention, and tortue; contempt for women's rights as reflected in escalating dowry deaths, honor killings; skewed sex-rations, and evidence of female infanticide; denial of Dalit-Bahujan rights; increasing state sanctioned violence against Muslims and Christians.i and illegal evition of tribal and rural people from their land in the name of development...