Read the SAHRA 2019 South Asia Human Rights Violations Report here
Read the SAHRA 2018 South Asia Human Rights Violations Report here
Read the SAHRA 2017 South Asia Human Rights Violations Report here
OF PEOPLE MARGINALISED BECAUSE OF THEIR SEXUALITIES & GENDER IDENTITY / EXPRESSION
SAHRA will not replace, but build on the rights work already taking place
All across South Asia people face violations of their rights based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
SAHRA (South Asian Human Rights Association of people marginalised because of their sexualities & gender identity/expression) is an initiative with a mandate to systematically
Legal situation: Same-sex sexual activity, whether in public or private, is illegal and punishable with fines and up to life imprisonment under Section 377 of the i Penal Code.
Strengthening Community through open dialogue
Legal situation:
The sweeping statements in the Penal Code, addressing the alleged ‘indecency’ of ‘unnatural sex’, serve to criminalize and stigmatize LGBTI individuals. In 1995, human
Moving forward
Legal situation:
Nepal was the first country in South Asia that recognizes transgender. On 21st December 2007, the Supreme Court of Nepal gave a verdict in favour of LGBTI groups in Nepal.
Silent voices of a cohesive community
Legal situation:
Section 377 of the Pakistani penal code allows for two to 10 years in prison for “carnal intercourse against the order of nature”. Islamic law, reintroduced in 1979 by former
Building a community
Legal situation:
The Penal code of Bhutan doesn’t specifically criminalize same-sex act or as LGBTI individual but the Penal Code of Bhutan in its Article 213 states “A defendant shall be
Together for change
Legal situation:
India inherited the sodomy law called Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code from the British. It was a law that was intended to criminalise ‘sodomy’ or the act of anal sex.