TS I S S U E S I N S OU TH A SI A

HUMAN RI GH
PRE SEN T E D BY G RO U P 4
GROUP MEMBERS
•MUHAMMAD ARIF
•HAMMAD AZAM
•UZAIR KHAN
•HUSSAIN AHMED
•SHABAN ALI KHAN
OUTLINE
•POVERTY (MUHAMMAD ARIF)
•POLITICAL INSTABILITY (MUHAMMAD ARIF)
•LOW LITERACY RATE (HUSSAIN AHMED)
•BASIC NEEDS ISSUES ( HUSSAIN AHMED)
•NO RULE OF LAW (MUHAMMAD UZAIR)
OUTLINE CONTINUED…
•NO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RELIGION (MUHAMMAD UZAIR)
•UNEMPLOYMENT (HAMMAD AZAM)
•LACK OF GOOD GOVERNANCE (HAMMAD AZAM)
•DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF GENDER, RELIGION AND CASTE (SHABAN
ALI KHAN)
•ILLEGAL KILLING AND DISAPPEARANCES (SHABAN ALI KHAN)
SOUTH ASIAN REGION:
• PAKISTAN
• INDIA
• BANGLADESH
• NEPAL
• SRILANKA
• BHUTAN
• AFGHANISTAN
• MALDIVES
POLITICAL INSTABILITY:

• FREQUENT CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT DUE TO CONFLICT BETWEEN DIFFERENT

POLITICAL PARTIES.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS:

•HUGE IMPACT HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.

•COMPANIES DON’T CARE ABOUT LOYALTY OF EMPLOYEES.
•REPLACEABLE EMPLOYEES BY NO PROFESSIONAL
STEPS TO CONTROL:

•CREATE AWARENESS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF PEOPLE.

•NOT BE INFLUENCED BY PROPAGANDA
•IMPROVE PEOPLE’S LIVINGS
 POVERTY:

• SITUATION OR WAY OF LIFE AS A RESULT OF DEPRIVATION FROM BASIC HUMAN

RIGHTS. WHICH AFFECTS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL QUALITY OF LIFE OF
PEOPLE.
• POVERTY IN SOUTH ASIA IS 33.4% OF THE POVERTY IN THE TOTAL WORLD.
• 450 MILLION PEOPLE GET $1 0R LESS THAN THAT PER DAY.
• AS COMPARED TO EUROPE 9.8%
CAUSES:
•LACK OF EDUCATION

•OVERPOPULATION

•NO OPPORTUNITIES
RELATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS:

•VIOLATIONS OF UNDHR ARTICLES

•1,2,3 7,18,21,22,23 25,26
•DEPRIVATION FROM FREEDOM
DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF RELIGION, GENDER,
CASTE

• THE ACT OF DEPRIVING SOMEONE OF THEIR RIGHTS, NEEDS AND FREEDOMS.

• IN SOUTH ASIA THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUE.
• PEOPLE ARE DISCRIMINATED ON THE BASIS RELIGION IN MANY SOUTH ASIAN STATES.
• IN PAKISTAN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHIAS AND SUNNIS LEADS TO COMMUNAL RIOTS.
• ATTACKS ON HAZARAS IN BALOCHISTAN BECAUSE OF THIS REASON.
• HINDU BRICK KILN WORKERS IN SINDH, AND CHRISTIAN SANITATION WORKERS IN PUNJAB,
KARACHI, AND ELSEWHERE.
• IN PAKISTAN DEATH ON THE BASE OF BLASPHEMY.
• ASIA BIBI CASE 2010.
• IN INDIA HATE SPEECHES AGAINST MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS AND THEIR DISCRIMINATION.
• RECENT HIJAB ISSUE, SLAUGHTERING ISSUE, DESTROYING MINORITIES RELIGIOUS AREAS IN
INDIA
• SRI LANKA ISSUES AMONG BUDDHAS, TAMIL HINDUS AND MUSLIMS.
• THERE IS ALSO DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF GENDER.
• WOMEN ARE CONSIDERED INFERIOR TO MEN AND THEY STAY AT HOME FOR
HOUSEHOLDS AND THIS LEADS TO THE RISE OF CONFLICT AMONG MASSES.
• IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN GIRLS ARE KILLED IN THE NAME OF HONOR.
• MANY WOMEN ARE FORCED TO UNDESIRED MARRIAGES, EXTRA LABOR ETC.
• ACCORDING TO WPA REPORT WOMEN SUFFERS MORE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM
IN THIS REGION .
• CASTE BASED DISCRIMINATION IS ALSO ONE OF THE SHAPES OF DISCRIMINATION.
• IN PAKISTAN THE HINDU CASTE “DALITS” SUFFERS DOUBLE DISCRIMINATION AS THEY ARE
CONSIDERED THE LOWEST EXTREME IN HINDUISM AND ALSO BEING A MINORITY IN
PAKISTAN.
• OFFICIALLY THERE ARE 330,000 DALITS BUT THE NUMBER CAN BE AS HIGH AS 2 MILLION
• JUST LIKE PAKISTAN, DALITS ALSO SUFFER IN INDIA. BEING A HINDU MAJORITY COUNTRY
THE PEOPLE FROM LOWER CASTE ARE DISCRIMINATED BECAUSE OF THEIR CASTE.
• EVEN THOUGH DALITS ARE HINDUS BUT THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERED LIKE SLAVES AND
TREATED BADLY IN INDIA.
• ABOUT 47% OF THE DALITS IN NEPAL LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
• THE DALIT MOVEMENT HAS OVER THE PAST DECADES CHALLENGED THE EXCLUSION OF
DALITS IN THE DECISION MAKING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN NEPAL.
• DALIT MOVEMENT IS A STRUGGLE THAT TRIES TO COUNTER ATTACK THE SOCIO – CULTURAL
HEGEMONY OF THE UPPER CASTES.
• DALITS ALSO SUFFERS A LOT OF CASTE DISCRIMINATION IN BANGLADESH AS WELL FROM
MUSLIMS AS WELL AS HINDUS SIDE.
• EVEN THOUGH DALITS CONSTITUTES A LARGE NUMBER OF SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES BUT
THEIR DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CASTE IS UNJUST.
 ILLEGAL KILLING AND DISAPPEARANCES
• RIGHT TO LIFE IS A NEGATIVE RIGHT OF EVERY HUMAN.
• SOUTH ASIAN REGION ALONGSIDE MANY OTHER ISSUES ALSO FACES THE ISSUE OF THREAT TO
LIFE.
• OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED ILLEGALLY DUE TO TORTURE, PSYCHOLOGICAL
FORCED SOMEONE TO SUCIDE, ENCOUNTERS ETC.
• MEMBERS OF THE POLICE, SECURITY FORCES AND PARAMILITARY GROUPS HAVE LONG BEEN
SUSPECTED OF PERPETRATING EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES.
• THESE ILLEGAL KILLINGS ARE NAMED AS CROSSFIRES OR CROSS ENCOUNTERS.
• PEOPLE WHO GOT KILLED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY MEMBERS OF REBEL OR
INSURGENT GROUPS AND FOUGHT MEMBERS OF THE POLICE OR SECURITY FORCES.
• SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE ARE KILLED ILLEGALLY JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE
OPPOSITION TO THE POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE STATE.
• MAFIA CONTROLS MOST OF THE GOVERNMENT AND IT LEADS TO THESE KILLINGS
DEATHS IN POLICE & JUDICIAL CUSTODY (INDIA)
year Police Custody Judicial Custody
2000-2001 　 127 　 ---
2001-2002 　 165 　 1,140
2002-2003 　 183 　 1,157
2003-2004 　 162 　 1,300
2004-2005 　 136 　 1,357
2005-2006 　 139 　 1,591
2006-2007 　 119 　 1,477
2007-2008 　 187 　 1,789
2008-2009 　 142 　 1,527
2009-2010
　 124 　 1,389
(February)
2010-2011 　 147 　 ---
Total 1,631 12,727
"CROSSFIRE" AND "TORTURE TO DEATH" (BANGLADESH)
Year Crossfire Torture
2004 　 166 　 46
2005 　 340 　 24
2006 　 290 　 27
2007 　 130 　 30
2008 　 136 　 12
2009 　 129 　 21
2010 　 101 　 12
2011(Jan.-Aug.) 　 44 　 12
Total 1,336 194
 HRCP LIST OF REPORTED MISSING PERSONS (PAKISTAN) (TRACED AND
STILL MISSING)

Year Traced missing persons Still missing

2004 9 2

2005 33 4

2006 75 20

2007 30 11

2008 --- 2

2009 3 28

Total 150 67