Media Coverage

Screenshot of an online article featuring Iranian filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz discussing her documentary tribute to slain Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud.

Report in The Wire, photo featuring Sapan members at the WISCOMP ceremony in New Delhi, December 2024.

Event details: Streets for life: Southasians for road safety

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – XIII, 29 May 2022

Resolution: Collaborate to Recognise and Address Road and Highway Safety

Sapan syndicated feature – published in outlets: Lack of effective road safety programmes is a major public health concern

Event details: Labour rights and Democracy in Southasia

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – XII, 24 April 2022

Sapan syndicated feature – published in various outlets: Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia

Event details: A year of Sapan: Looking back, Looking forward

Sapan Anniversary Event, 27 March 2022

Sapan syndicated feature – published in various outlets: Evoking the madness of Manto, what we need is ‘one big roar of laughter across Southasia’

Event details: Mystics and Music: Southasia’s Legacy of Love

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – XI, 27 February 2022

Sapan syndicated feature – published in various outlets: The Power of Love and a Southasian Resolution on the Ukraine crisis

Event details: Resisting Together: Art and the Artist in South Asia

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – X, 30 January 2022

Sapan syndicated feature – published in various outlets: Singing and inspiration in dark times: Art and resistance in South Asia

Event details: Human Rights and Equality in South Asia – Growing Up, Growing Together

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – IX, 26 December 2021

Resolution: Sapan Declaration on Human Rights and Equality

Sapan syndicated feature – published in various outlets: “Growing up, growing together”: Activists across South Asia resolve to continue working for a better tomorrow

Event details: Gender Violence in South Asia – Feminise to Humanise

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – VIII, 28 November 2021

Sapan syndicated features – published in various outlets:

The Universe of Violence Against South Asia’s Women

Kamla Bhasin, the spirit of Southasia and the power of the four-letter word love

Event details: Can South Asia combat the climate crisis?

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – VII, 31 October 2021

Resolution: South Asia Peace Action Network – Sapan: Resolution on Climate Change Ahead of COP26

Times of IndiaCan South Asia combat climate crisis, we believe yes: SAPAN
24 NewsSAPAN to COP26: Pay heed to climate challenges faced by South Asia
MSNCan South Asia combat the climate crisis? Event by SAPAN
The Times BureauWe believe that South Asia can address the climate crisis: SAPAN
The Friday TimesSouth Asian Activists Demand Collective Action On Climate Change

Event details: 20 years after 9/11: Impact on South Asia, and South Asians

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – VI, 26 September 2021

Press Statement – carried by various outlets: Commemorating ‘the second 9/11’ and the way ahead

Event details: Rights of the Incarcerated in South Asia

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – V, 29 August 2021

Press Statement – carried by various outlets: Uphold the rights of the incarcerated in South Asia

Event details: Women in Sport: Challenges and Wins

Press Statement – carried by various outlets: South Asian female athletes share inspiring stories of grit and determination

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – IV, 25 July 2021

Event details: Neighbours in Peace and Health

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – III, 27 June 2021

Press statement – carried by various outlets: Covid-19 needs a regional response, say physicians and activists at South Asia peace meeting

Event details: South Asian Solidarity in the Time of Covid: Sharing Grief, Inspiration, Hope and Strategies

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – II, 30 May 2021

Resolution: Use the Covid-19 pandemic as opportunity to invest in public healthcare around South Asia and promote regionalism

Press statement – carried by various outlets: Create economic and healthcare closeness across South Asia during the Covid-19 crisis – Amartya Sen

SAPAN Demands Release of Bangladesh Journalist Rozina Islam

Press statement: Release Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam, 18 May 2021

Naya Daur Bangladesh Should Release Journalist Rozina Islam, South Asia Peace Action Network 

Pakistani-American Physicians Express Solidarity with India

Press statement: Pakistani physicians express solidarity with the people of India, 11 May 2021

The News InternationalPakistani-American physicians express solidarity with people of India
The Times of IndiaCovid-19 crisis: Pakistani-origin physicians express solidarity with people of India 
The WireCOVID Crisis: Pakistani-American Physicians Express Solidarity With the People of India
Eastern Eye India Covid crisis: Pakistan-American physicians express solidarity, offer help – EasternEye 
Naya DaurCovid Disaster: Pakistani-American Physicians Express Solidarity With The People Of India
Journeys to Democracy Pakistani-American physicians express solidarity with the people of India and demand increase in healthcare budgets 

Event details: Cross-border empathy and cooperation in the Time of COVID

IMAGINE! NEIGHBOURS IN PEACE – I, 26 April 2021

Press statement – carried by various outlets: Fighting Covid-19 requires empathy and cooperation

South Asia Peace Action Network Launched

Brainstorming session: Going beyond ideological divides, the way forward, 28 March 2021

Press statement – carried by various outlets: Peace activists at virtual brainstorming session agree to form South Asia Peace Action Network