Extremists are threatening and killing ‘rationalist’ activists. And they’re  being emboldened by an increasingly intolerant government. There are reports today that…

Following the murders of several fellow bloggers in his homeland of Bangladesh, and having received death threats himself, Mishu Dhar…

Update 28 January 2017: The five activists and bloggers have now reportedly been released, however, they are alleged to have…

During a debate on racism and discrimination at the UN Human Rights Council, Swati Kamble a Dalit woman representing the…

by Uttam Niraula India is widely known as the most populous democracy on earth. There are almost 1.3 billion people in India, of which…

Vidita Priyadarshini, Editorial for the IHEYO Newsletter April/May 2016 The recent incidents of attacks on Africans in New Delhi have sparked the debate…

Rumana Hashem asks how the horrors of mob killing — including many unreported incidents — is destroying the social fabric of…

Two LGBT activists have been hacked to death at a house in Kalabagan, Dhaka. Xulhaz Mannan was editor of the LGBT magazine Roopbaan and…

Early this morning (Saturday 23 April) a university lecturer was hacked to death in Bangladesh. Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was a teacher…