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 Read well. Write well. Play well. 15 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News SAPAN NEWS: Two teen authors from India and Pakistan who recently published their first novels both began writing…
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…
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…
Press Statements… Southasians express solidarity with Sri Lanka, concern about economic and humanitarian crises 2 Jun 20223 Jun 2022 The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, expresses deep concern about the economic crisis in Sri Lanka and the resulting humanitarian emergency caused by prolonged shortages of food, fuel and medicine.…
Press Statements… The Sapan logo story 26 May 202231 May 2026 May 26, 2022: We are so excited and proud to introduce the new Sapan logo. Here’s how it happened. A few days after we launched South Asia Peace Action Network…
Events… Event, May 29- Streets for life: Southasians for road safety 18 May 202228 May 2022 Ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on Global Road Safety, 30 June - 1 July, and following UN Global Road Safety Week May 13-17, we invite you to join…
Sapan News Network Kamla Bhasin, the spirit of Southasia and the power of the four-letter word love 16 May 202216 Jun 2022 Note: This syndicated feature published in November 2021 has been belatedly posted to the Sapan website. A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Commemorating 16 Days…
Sapan News Network Let people meet – before it’s too late 6 May 20229 May 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Tridivesh Singh Maini May 6, 2022, Sapan News Service: The past few months have seen several instances…
Press Statements… Ahead of May Day, a call for worker unity, solidarity and a visa-free Southasia 30 Apr 202226 Dec 2023 A syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Sheeba Aslam Fehmi, Priyanka Singh, and Beena Sarwar April 30, 2022, Sapan News Service: The last Sunday of…
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…
Sapan News Network Evoking the madness of Manto, what we need is ‘one big roar of laughter across Southasia’ 11 Apr 202224 Jan 2023 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News Artists, journalists, sportspersons, healthcare workers, educators, businesspersons, students, gather for the first anniversary of a Southasian peace coalition.…
Sapan News Network Let’s teach our kids about peace before someone else teaches them to hate 8 Apr 202216 Jun 2022 A Sapan syndicated feature available for use with attribution to Sapan News By Rahul Mukherji and Beena Sarwar April 7, 2022, Sapan News Service: On 6 April 2022, an 11-year-old…
Sapan News Network Sara Suleri: Beyond borders 27 Mar 202231 Mar 2022 PERSONAL-POLITICAL By Beena Sarwar March 25, 2022, Sapan News Service: “Aur bataiye” – tell me more, a polite invitation to keep talking. I can hear her voice, perhaps naturally husky,…
Press Statements… The power of love and a Southasian resolution on the Ukraine crisis 12 Mar 202213 Sep 2022 By Priyanka Singh and Beena Sarwar March 9, 2022 “It is the power of love that’s most important, not the love of power”, said Dhaka-based feminist Khushi Kabir, quoting her…
Sapan News Network Opinion: Pakistan’s ‘Aurat March’ 2022: To be or not to be 7 Mar 202216 Apr 2022 By Nadra Huma Quraishi March 7, 2022, Sapan News Service: On March 8, women around the world mark a day they call their own -- International Women’s Day, highlighting achievements…
Sapan News Network Singing and inspiration in dark times: Art and resistance in South Asia 4 Feb 202224 Jan 2023 NOTE: This feature report produced by Sapan News Service is free for publication with credit to Sapan, www.southasiapeace.com. Editors may trim content to their own needs. By Sushmita Preetha and…
Events Event, Jan 30: Resisting Together – Art and the Artist in South Asia 24 Jan 202229 Jan 2022 Prominent artists across South Asia will meet virtually to share perspectives on art and the culture of resistance in South Asia. Titled “Resisting Together: Art and the Artist in South…
Press Statements… Hindu pilgrims visit Pakistan, Muslim delegation for India late January 6 Jan 20226 Jan 2022 By Beena Sarwar / Sapan News Service January 5, 2022: An international delegation of 200 Hindu pilgrims in Pakistan for a four-day religious tourism visit departed this week after performing…
Resolutions Sapan Declaration on Human Rights and Equality 31 Dec 202131 Dec 2021 We, the participants at the session on ‘Human Rights and Equality in South Asia: Growing Up, Growing Together’, organised by South Asia Peace Action Network or Sapan, on December 26,…
Events Event, Dec 26: Human Rights and Equality in South Asia – Growing Up, Growing Together 19 Dec 202120 Dec 2021 South Asia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites you to a discussion meeting on human rights and equality in South Asia, and why we must 'grow up' to grow together. At…
Events Event, Nov 28: Gender Violence in South Asia – Feminise to Humanise 19 Nov 202127 Nov 2021 South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) invites you to a discussion meeting on the subject of gender violence in South Asia, and why we need to 'feminise to humanise'. The…
Climate Change… Event, Oct 31: Can South Asia combat the climate crisis? 19 Oct 202124 Jan 2025 South Asia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is organising a brainstorming discussion online around the climate crisis in South Asia and how the region can come together to solve these pressing…
Events… Commemorating ‘the second 9/11’ and the way ahead 29 Sep 202116 May 2022 The United States and India should join with other regional powers to deal with the Taliban and help the Afghan people – Noam Chomsky BOSTON, 27 September: Prominent academic Noam…
Events Event, 26 Sept: 20 years after 9/11: Impact on South Asia, and South Asians 15 Sep 202119 Nov 2021 Marking two decades of the September 2001 attacks on New York City, global thought leaders and activists from across South Asia and the diaspora will meet across time zones this…
Resolutions Resolution: Rights of the incarcerated in South Asia 6 Sep 20219 Sep 2021 29 August 2021: Several prominent legal experts, journalists, and human-rights activists have reviewed and commented on this Resolution. We have consolidated and accommodated multiple voices mirroring vast experiences and realities…
Press Statements… Uphold the rights of the incarcerated in Southasia, say human rights advocates 30 Aug 20211 Apr 2026 29 August 2021: “If the government becomes the monster that it can be, then the belly of the beast contains the people in jail”, said Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit,…
Events Event, May 30: South Asian Solidarity in the Time of Covid: Sharing Grief, Inspiration, Hope and Strategies 20 May 20218 Aug 2021 Sapan invites you for the second in a series of curated monthly events themed ‘Imagine! Neighbours in Peace’, a title borrowed from an unpublished volume by Chowk.com, 2005. Activists from…
Press Statements Pakistani-American physicians express solidarity with the people of India and demand increase in healthcare budgets 11 May 202118 Jul 2021 Urge South Asian governments to learn from India’s colossal tragedy and take urgent action to prevent similar crises in other countries BOSTON: Pakistan-origin physicians based in the USA have expressed…
Events Event, April 25: Cross-border empathy and cooperation in the Time of Covid 19 Apr 202112 Aug 2021 South Asians will come together for an online gathering Sunday to express concern and solidarity amidst the suffering inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Cross-border empathy and cooperation in the Time…
