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Southasia Peace

Working towards freedom of trade, travel and tourism in Southasia, people-to-people contact, and for soft borders or ease of visa for Southasians in each other’s countries.

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Founding Charter

The Southasia Peace Action Network is an alliance of individuals and representatives of various organisations joining hands for a minimum common agenda: Southasia peace.  In doing so, we reiterate our commitment to take forward the principles and ideals of peace, justice, democracy and human rights articulated by visionaries like Dr…Continue reading “Founding Charter”

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Press Statements

Access is not a threat: A call to lift reciprocal news bans in India and Pakistan

14 Jan 202616 Jan 2026
Joint statement by media professionals and concerned citizens in Southasia and the diaspora We, the undersigned individuals and organisations, express deep concern over the continued blocking of Indian news websites…
Sapan Blog…

South African activist Ela Gandhi calls on world to condemn the US attack on Venezuela

6 Jan 20267 Jan 2026
“Can the world stand by and allow such aggression to continue?” BOSTON: Invoking her grandfather Mahatma Gandhi‘s words, “I want world sympathy in this battle of right against might,” Ela…
Press Statements…

South Asia media groups express solidarity with journalists, condemn attacks on Bangladesh and Nepal media, demand accountability

22 Dec 202524 Dec 2025
December 22 - The Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan), the South Asia Media Defenders Network (SAMDEN), Sapan News, Rural Media Network Pakistan, and others strongly condemn the  attacks, vandalism and…
Events…

Sun, 21 Dec.: Nepal’s Shifting Political Landscape, Gen Z Protests, and Pathways Forward’

18 Dec 202522 Dec 2025
This Sunday, Southasia Peace Action Network will hold an online discussion, as part of its Country Focus series, highlighting the situation in Nepal which is relevant to the entire region…
Events…

Book lovers and ‘peacemongers’ come together over Arundhati Roy’s new memoir

16 Dec 202516 Dec 2025
Members of the online book club Readers Without Borders and activists from the Southasia Peace Action Network convened for an engaging discussion over the recently published ‘Mother Mary Comes to…
Sapan Blog…

Youth propose a ‘New Grammar’ for Collaborations across Southasia

12 Dec 202512 Dec 2025
HYDERABAD, India: Doyens of Peace, a pan-Southasia platform of civil society organisations and youth groups, facilitated by COVA Peace Network, organised an online event to commemorate SAARC Charter Day on…
Events

Sat. 13 Dec.: A conversation with Arundhati Roy

12 Dec 202513 Dec 2025
Photo credit: Mayank Austen Soofi The Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) is excited to collaborate with the Readers Without Borders book club for a conversation with Arundhati Roy this weekend.…
Press Statements…

A call for SAARC and its member states to revitalise regional cooperation in South Asia

10 Dec 202510 Dec 2025
Sapan Peacemongers call to “find a way to restore some level of civilised interaction, particularly between India and Pakistan” and “forging our own narrative” BOSTON: December 8 is commemorated annually…
Events

Mon. 8 Dec, Boston area: ‘South Asia Bound’ film premiere

30 Nov 202510 Dec 2025
You are invited! Join us for the premiere of South Asia Bound: The Cost of National Identity, a documentary film by Zac Colah, an independent journalist and senior at Tufts…
Allied Events…

Mon. 24 Nov: Tribute to Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra, Toronto area

24 Nov 202524 Nov 2025
Third Culture Language Learning: Tribute to Dr. Arfa Sayeda Zehra ڈاکٹر عارفہ سیدہ زہرا کے لیے خراجِ عقیدت  Organised by Joy of Urdu Toronto-Mississauga Chapter Joy of Urdu is a…
Events

Nov 16: Sapan and Sanglaap: Art, Gender, Media and Peacebuilding at SOAS, London

14 Nov 202514 Nov 2025
A multi-disciplinary exhibition viewing, opening up to conversations foregrounded on practices of women artists and peacebuilders, takes SOAS South Asia Institute’s Sanglaap Art and Culture Series to a contemporary level…
Press Statements…

Southasian call for climate justice: Sapan launches online petition ahead of COP30

7 Nov 20257 Nov 2025
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BOSTON: An online petition calling for global recognition of Southasia’s shared climate crisis and collective potential has been launched ahead of the 30th Conference of…
Sapan Blog

Victory written in blue

6 Nov 202513 Nov 2025
Read the latest Sapan Blog, where Siraj Khan reflects on India’s historic Women’s Cricket World Cup victory, a win that transcends sport to symbolize empowerment, unity, and regional pride. By…
Events

Oct 26: Bridging Borders – A Southasian vision for COP30

24 Oct 202525 Oct 2025
Imagine: Neighbours in Peace!Bridging Borders - A Southasian Vision for COP30Date: Sunday, 26 October 2025Time: 10:00 a.m. EST / 2:00 p.m. GMT / 4:00 p.m. SA / 7:00 p.m. PKT…
Allied Events…

Oct 26: Special screening of film ‘Chittagong’ in Boston

22 Oct 20252 Nov 2025
BOSTON: The Boston South Asian Coalition and the Southasia Peace Action Network will hold a special screening this Sunday of ‘Chittagong’, Bedabrata Pain’s debut film. The 2012 film brings to…
Sapan Blog

From tension to talk: Youth visions for peace

21 Oct 202522 Oct 2025
Report on a unique discussion organised by the Southasia Peace Action Network, featuring the voices of young people from across the region on what what peace means to them By…
Sapan Blog…

Two worlds touch at Cambridge Diwali-Eid event

12 Oct 202512 Oct 2025
By Beena Sarwar/Sapan News CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Some 300 festively dressed Cantabrigians and neighbors gathered at Cambridge’s Reservoir Church on Saturday for the annual Diwali-Eid Cultural program, an interfaith, intercultural event…
Events…

“You Can Kill a Person, But Not an Idea”: Southasia Peace Action Network Film Club on ‘After Sabeen’

3 Oct 202517 Oct 2025
By Sapan News Desk  New Delhi / Berlin / Karachi / Southasia diaspora — Last week, the story of prominent social entrepreneur Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead in Karachi,…
Sapan Film Club

Sept 28: ‘After Sabeen’ film screening and discussion | Sapan Film Club

24 Sep 202528 Sep 2025
The Southasia Peace Action Network, Sapan, invites friends, followers and fellow peacemongers to watch After Sabeen (60 minutes), a documentary film by filmmaker Schokofeh Kamiz about the prominent peacemonger and…
Allied Events

Sept 27: remembering Kamla Bhasin: The ‘compassionate values of an interconnected world’

24 Sep 202525 Sep 2025
Friends of Kamla Bhasin (24 April 1946 – 25 September 2021), the well-known feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist, will host an online gathering to remember her “with women…
Allied Events…

Sept. 25: Southasia’s Youthquakes – Panel discussion on the uprisings in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

24 Sep 202524 Sep 2025
In recent years, Southasia has seen a mushrooming of youth-led protest movements – fuelled by frustration around corruption, nepotism and economic inequality, and by anger at political and economic systems…
Allied Events…

Vikalp@Prithvi Online Screenings: ‘After Sabeen’ documentary

20 Sep 202521 Sep 2025
The Mumbai-based Vikalp@Prithvi Online Screenings is screening the documentary film 'After Sabeen' featuring the aftermath of the murder of prominent social entrepreneur and peacemonger Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi, April 2015.…
Allied Events…

Matwaala Poetry Fest 2025, Sunday 31 August

31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025
The women-led Southasian diaspora organisation Matwaala celebrates its tenth anniversary this Sunday, with a Poetry Fest in collaboration with the Aseel Collective, featuring works by poets from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and…
Press Statements

Southasia must unite: Sapan webinar highlights ways to tackle patriarchal resistance in Bangladesh and beyond

1 Jul 20251 Jul 2025
PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2025: The growing resistance to feminist causes in Bangladesh and its implications for the broader struggle for women’s rights across Southasia, catalysing the…
Events

Patriarchal Backlash: Bangladeshi Women Speak Out

29 Jun 202530 Jun 2025
Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025 Time: 10 am ET, 3 pm UKT, 7:00 pm PKT, 7:45 pm NPT, 7:30 pm IST , 8 pm BDT Register to join via Zoom:…
Press Statements…

Young Southasians and Experts Converge in a Powerful Dialogue on Water, War, and Climate justice

18 Jun 202530 Jun 2025
press statement / for immediate release In a time of deepening ecological emergencies and political fragmentation, the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) hosted a landmark virtual discussion titled “A shared…
Allied Events…

Southasian Voices: Art, Identity, and Bridging Divides

17 Jun 20252 Oct 2025
From Leeds to London: A comment on ‘South Asia: People, promise and potential - art, film and discussion,’ a half-day event organized by the Bloomsbury Institute London, beyond Instagram and…
Events…

With Conflict Dominating Public Narrative, Young Southasians Reimagine Peace across Borders

15 Jun 202530 Jun 2025
Unfazed by the dominant narrative focusing on conflict, a small group of teens and young adults convened by by the Southasia Peace Action Network or Sapan, is quietly working together…
Events

What Does Peace Mean to Young Southasians?

23 May 20251 Jun 2025
🗓 Sunday, 25 May 2025🕙 10:00 a.m. ET /  3 p.m. GMT / 7:00 p.m. PKT / 7:30 p.m. IST / 7:45 p.m. NPT / 8:00 p.m. BDT📍 Venue: Online.…
Press Statements…

‘Peacemongers’ Call for Renewed People-to-People Engagement Between India and Pakistan

21 May 202530 Jun 2025
Virtual gatherings underscore urgency of fostering regional peace through dialogue, particularly involving youth 21 May 2025 – The recent conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have raised alarm bells throughout…

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