The Bangladeshi government is cracking down on labour rights advocates, who need our help now. Read more...

As the people of Pakistan face one of the gravest humanitarian crises in their history, grassroots activists, trade unionists, socialists and young people are taking matters into their own hands as the Pakistani government responds very slowly. And focuses their resources on securing infrastructure and maintaining civil order rather than saving lives. Read more...

The flooding in Pakistan is still worsening. And already there is a huge humanitarian disaster for the nearly 20 million people displaced by the disaster. Read more...

The Revolutionary Socialist Movement, the Pakistani section of the League for the Fifth International, is involved in flood relief work across the country. This is a report of their work so far Read more...

Rajash Thapa reports from Kathmandu on the political deadlock in Nepali politics Read more...

PD Saranapala reports from the last battle for media freedom in Sri Lanka Read more...

Over 1,500 people have died and a further 14 million people affected by the worst flooding Pakistan has seen in 80 years. Entire villages have been swept away in the Swat valley, particularly badly hit, which has also seen two years of intense military fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistani army. Read more...

The city of Karachi in the south of the Pakistan was gripped by violence last week after Raza Haider, a leading MP of the right wing Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was assassinated outside a mosque on Monday 1 August. Read more...