Presidential elections in Sri Lanka
SADF congratulates Sri Lankans and President-elect Maithripala Sirisena and promotes a post-electoral briefing in the European Parliament
Sri Lankans went yesterday to the polls to elect their President. There were no reports of major violence or civil unrest and turnout in several regions is estimated to have surpassed 70 %....
SADF condemns another terrorist attack in Peshawar
On the 16th of December 2014 Pakistan and the World saw another violent attack, this time perpetrated by the extremist group Tehrik-i-Taliban. More than 130 people were killed in this attack to a military school, most of them were innocent children. For people to achieve peace, Pakistan and the...
Jammu & Kashmir: Voting Fingers are Subduing Fingers on the Kalashnikovs
Indian Jammu & Kashmir lies close to areas of most strife in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and East Turkestan in China.
SAINT QUENTIN — It became one of the most symbolic sentences in the campaign: “While a finger on the trigger of an AK-rifle takes a life, the one pressing a button...
Can Afghan President Ghani mend ties with Pakistan?
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in Pakistan to improve ties with the neighboring Islamic country. But analyst Siegfried O. Wolf tells DW that Islamabad's regional interests will continue to be a stumbling block.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Islamabad on Friday, November 14, on his first official visit after...
Conference: The New Government in India: a Global View
14th of November, 2013, Brussels
South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) organised a conference hosted by Geoffrey Van Orden MEP, Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with India. The event took place in the European Parliament and focused in the regarding the new Indian Government six months after the election of Prime...
Hasina Jalal Wins 2014 N-Peace Award
Hasina Jalal, a founding member of the National Association of Afghanistan Civil Society and board member of Freedom Message Newspaper is one of the five young women in Asia who recently won the 2014 N-Peace Award. She was awarded recognitin in the category of Public Vote for Untold Stories-Women...
Pakistan must not allow extremists to act as a ‘Sunni Wall’ against Iran
By Dr. Siegfried O. Wolf
Pakistani-Iranian ties are gradually turning into a hostile affair as the two neighbors continue to engage in border clashes. Analyst Siegfried O. Wolf tells DW why Islamabad needs to re-evaluate its regional policies.
Border tensions between Pakistan and Iran have flared over the past few months,...
The World Council of Churches opposes Pakistan’s blasphemy sentence
There are slim chances that Pakistan's blasphemy-convict Asia Bibi will get justice from superior courts. But Dr. Clare Amos of the World Council of Churches tells DW that the activists must keep up the pressure.
Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, has been languishing in prison for...
Asia Bibi’s death penalty: A test case for human rights in Pakistan
Latest article by our fellow Shamil Shams
The lawyers of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, are set to appeal against her death penalty in the Supreme Court. Activists say the case will serve as a test for human rights in Pakistan.
Asia Bibi has been languishing in...
SCR 1325 in Afghanistan: Promoting Women’s Agenda in National Peace and Security
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is one of the most important policy instruments that keeps the women’s agenda alive in Afghanistan’s national peace and security efforts. It continues to bring together a significant number of institutions, organizations and individuals around protecting women’s rights, promoting women’s participation and leadership,...