India’s laws and controls over its massive collection, storage and use of biometric data are hugely deficient, writes Ram Mashru
Is India’s biometric benefits database trampling privacy?
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CATEGORY: Asia and Pacific
Pakistan’s politics thwart launch of Malala book
Peshwar University found itself at the centre of a controversy surrounding the launch of I Am Malala when police refused to provide security for the event. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Indian films at mercy of new censor board CEO — and his five-year-old daughter
The new CEO of India’s censor board has described his objection to some of India’s recent blockbusters based on the reactions of his wife and five year old daughter. Mahima Kaul reports
State of press freedom in China and Hong Kong “reminiscent of the Mao era”
New report from the International Federation of Journalists slams “continued deterioration of press freedoms”
Pakistan’s religious kidnappings: Forced conversions and marriages
An increase in kidnappings of Hindu girls who are then coerced to embrace Islam and forced to marry has raised concerns in Pakistan, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Pakistani journalists plea for protection
Three men working for a TV station were last week killed by the Taliban in Karachi. Now Pakistani journalists are calling on the government to appoint special public prosecutors to investigate the murders of media workers. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Pakistani media finds itself in Taliban’s crosshairs
Condemning the cold blooded assassination of three media workers belonging to a private television channel, the Pakistani media has united against the culture of impunity that has gripped the country. Zofeen Ebrahim reports
Future looks fraught in polarised Bangladesh
Dhaka’s rival political matriarchs must talk to each other for the good of their country, says Samira Shackle
South Koreans clash over history books
How children are taught about the birth of the nation is a contentious issue for many Koreans, writes Steven Borowiec
Cambodia: Human rights defender threatened for opposing hate speech
Cambodia has come a long way since the brutal Pol Pot regime, but the recent flood of hate-mail and death-threats sent to the president of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights points to a society still dangerously divided over ethnic and racial issues. Tom Fawthrop reports