Here is the January 2025 edition of our S. Asia newsletter.

Actions you can take are:

Page 2; India: Send solidarity cards/ letters to the BK16 prisoners before India republic day

Page 3; India: Register for the meeting on use of JCB machinery for punitive destruction of housing

Afghanistan: Join the mailing list for the Amnesty Feminists campaign and help raise funds for the Rukshana team of women journalists reporting on issues for women and girls

Page 6; Afghanistan: In your own capacity you can write to some of the adventure tourism companies asking why they are organising “glamourised” trips to Afghanistan where “gender apartheid” is practised to such a level.

Page 7; Afghanistan: Write to your MP asking them to support the call for the England and Wales Cricket Board to boycott the cricket match against the Afghan team scheduled in Pakistan. Mention the egregious level to which gender apartheid is being taken.

Page 9; Pakistan: Share tweets about the campaign for transgender rights