Asian Centre for Human Rights has the pleasure to announce that
its “SAARC Human Rights Report 2006” has been released today at a
press conference at South Asia Foreign Correspondent Club in New Delhi.
This is the first such report prepared by any organization or
institution in South Asia.
“SAARC Human Rights Report 2006” ranks members of South Asian
Association for Regional Cooperation i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka based on the
incidents and patterns of human rights violations.
According to the “SAARC Human Rights Violators Index 2006”, Bangladesh
has been ranked No. 1 violator of human rights, followed by Bhutan
(No. 2), Nepal (No. 3), Maldives (No. 4), Pakistan (No.5), Sri Lanka
(No.6) and India (No.7).
The full report, both in pdf and html version, is available at http://www.achrweb.org/reports/saarcar2006/main.htm