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Southasia Peace Action Network condemns Poonch attack, supports Pakistani foreign minister’s India visit

25 Apr 202325 Apr 2023
25 April 2023: We at Sapan, Southasia Peace Action Network, strongly condemn the cowardly, criminal and murderous attack on an Indian Army vehicle in Poonch last Thursday that killed five…
Sapan Dossier…

Meet the Lahori woman connecting Indians with their ancestral homes in Pakistan

9 Apr 2023
The 1947 Partition forced thousands to flee their homes and belongings leaving with nothing but painful memories. Inspired by stories her father told her as a young child, Lahore-based Noshaba…
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Resolution: Convene SAARC summit

29 Mar 202329 Mar 2023
Urging governments in Southasia to work towards convening an official SAARC Summit at the earliest 26 March 2023: We at Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, urge governments in Southasia to…
Sapan News Network

Visa issues, Kashmir and the ‘new great game’ between India and Pakistan

9 Mar 20239 Mar 2023
The question of why the United States does not stand up for its citizens of Indian and Pakistani origin when these citizens are denied visas because of their origins has…
Sapan News Network

The magic of Faiz and the Javed Akhtar controversy

5 Mar 202315 Mar 2023
It is unfortunate that of all the art, culture and poetry at the Faiz Festival 2023 held in Lahore recently, it was mostly Javed Akhtar's controversial comments that made it…
Sapan News Network

The ‘rights’ thing to do: when Seattle banned caste discrimination

25 Feb 20236 Mar 2023
A ringside seat and an eyewitness account of the happenings at the Seattle City Council as the historic anti-caste discrimination law was passed, now a template for other cities in…
Sapan News Network

Peshawar mosque blast worst in a series of targeted attacks on Pakistan police

4 Feb 2023
The January 30 suicide bombing on a mosque in Peshawar is the latest in an escalating number of militant attacks in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in northwest Pakistan after the…
Events

Event, Jan 29: Can Interfaith Collaboration Contribute to Climate Justice?

20 Jan 202329 Jan 2023
Ahead of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, Sapan invites you to a panel discussion 'Can Interfaith Collaboration Contribute to Climate Justice?' on 29 January 2023. While communal rifts are among…
Sapan Dossier

SAHR vehemently condemns the Taliban decision on banning women from attending universities

29 Dec 202222 Jan 2023
26 December 2022: South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a regional network of Human Rights Defenders, vehemently condemns the decision of the Taliban to ban women from attending universities. On 20…
Sapan News Network

Music without borders: A journey of discovery and blissful immersion

28 Dec 202218 Feb 2023
A Sapan News syndicated feature As the year comes to a close, an Indian transplant to the Boston area reflects on connections with home through music from Pakistan By Manisha…
Sapan News Network

Hockey, friendship, Partition, and an ode to the homeland Lahore

19 Dec 202226 Mar 2023
By Sara Arshad 19 December 2022: Taangh, or longing, is a heart-wrenching film about college friends who were separated in 1947 after the division of India and the birth of…
Press Statements

Call For Music Composers: Seeking entries for Sapan, the Southasia Peace Action Network  

16 Dec 202222 Jan 2023
Dec. 15, 2022: The Southasia Peace Action Network and the Sapan News Network syndicated features service are looking for a signature music piece to use in our media and communication.…
Events…

Event, Nov 27- Beyond Partitions: Shared Histories, Ways Forward

16 Nov 202227 Nov 2022
1947 marked the end of British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent and paved the way for the partition of India and the formation of Pakistan. Twenty-four years later, the…
Sapan News Network

AJCONF2022: Taking forward an inspiring legacy of upholding human rights

28 Oct 20226 Nov 2022
By Abdullah Zahid and Beena Sarwar October 26, 2022: The drama began well before the start of the fourth Asma Jahangir Conference on ‘Crisis of Constitutionalism in South Asia’, held…
Sapan News Network

A cautionary tale: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s cascading, multiple crises

20 Oct 202230 Oct 2022
A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Pragya Narang October 20, 2022: The world watched the economic crisis in Sri Lanka turn into…
Press Statements…

Sapan statement: Don’t accept the ‘new normal’ on Afghanistan

8 Oct 20228 Oct 2022
October 7, 2022: Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, condemns the suicide bombing of 30 September that killed more than 40 girls, women and others at a higher education centre  in…
Events

Event, Oct 2- Rebuilding Sri Lanka: Reforms or Revolution?

24 Sep 202210 Oct 2022
You are invited to Southasia Peace Action Network, or Sapan's next monthly webinar, ‘Rebuilding Sri Lanka: Reforms or Revolution?’, Sunday, October 2, 2022, to discuss the current situation in the…
Sapan News Network

UN Peace Day: rally at UNGA calling for the human rights of Bhutanese refugees and diaspora

20 Sep 202221 Oct 2022
A Sapan News syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News CURTAIN RAISER New York, September 20, 2022: Coinciding with the UN International Day of Peace, young Bhutanese…
Press Statements

“Support Pakistan flood relief efforts”: Appeal to cricket boards ahead of Asia Cup final

7 Sep 202211 Sep 2022
On 07 September 2022, ahead of the Asia Cup final, the Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, emailed the cricket boards, appealing for their involvement in Pakistan flood relief. Here is…
Events…

Event, August 28- Write for Peace

25 Aug 202226 Aug 2022
We at Sapan, the Southasia Peace Action Network, invite you to participate in a family writing workshop on Sunday, 28 August 2022. Hosted by Dhaka-based feminist activist Khushi Kabir, this…
Press Statements…

Commemorate August 14-15 as Days of Reflection and Compassion

14 Aug 20221 Feb 2023
August 14 and 15 are historic days when one-fifth of humanity freed itself from British rule in 1947. On this occasion we, the peoples of Southasia and the diaspora around…
Press Statements…

Ease visa restrictions, let people meet

13 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
Nearly 20 organisations are collaborating on an online petition calling on the governments of Southasian nations to ease visa restrictions and enable freedom of trade and travel across borders. Organisations…
Press Statements…

Call for collaboration on road safety across Southasia and request for UN intervention

8 Aug 202217 Aug 2022
In an unusual, historic and collaborative move, organisations across Southasia have sent a joint letter on road safety to the United Nations. Additionally, activists in different countries of the region…
Press Statements…

Release prisoners on completion of jail term, decriminalise inadvertent border crossings, especially for fisherfolk and minors

4 Aug 20225 Aug 2022
Over 30 organisations have endorsed this Joint Statement initiated and coordinated by Sapan Kalu Vira, a fisherman from India incarcerated in Pakistan died at a hospital in Karachi on 6…
Sapan News Network

Opinion: What’s sauce for the Nagas is sauce for the Kashmiris

14 Jun 202216 Jun 2022
New Delhi needs to engage with militant-turned-Gandhian, not imprison him A Sapan syndicated piece available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sandeep Pandey Days after the Supreme Court…
Sapan News Network

Lack of effective road safety programmes is a major public health concern

14 Jun 202222 Aug 2022
A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Activists, road crash survivors and victims’ families have a message for the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting on…
Events…

Kabir Festival 2022: Celebrating the humanistic values of an ancient mystic

10 Jun 202216 Jun 2022
UPDATE 11 June: Due to rain Kabir Festival postponed to Sunday June 19,2022. Please inform everyone CURTAIN RAISER BOSTON: A cultural event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Kabir Das,…
Press Statements…

Collaborate to Recognise and Address Road and Highway Safety

8 Jun 20228 Jun 2022
Sapan Declaration: Collaborate across Southasian Region to Recognise and Address Road and Highway Safety Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Global Road Safety, 30 June – 1 July…
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Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia

30 Apr 202216 Jun 2022
A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Priyanka Singh, Beena Sarwar April 30, 2022, Sapan News Service: The last Sunday of April…
Events…

Event, Apr 24: Labour rights and democracy in Southasia

19 Apr 202223 Apr 2022
On the last Sunday of April, ahead of International Workers’ Day or May Day, activists and experts from across the region will discuss Labour rights and democracy in Southasia at…

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