A major tenet of democracy is protecting civil society while also encouraging its vibrancy. It is the responsibility of states to ensure that citizens can freely exercise their fundamental rights of speech, assembly and association without fear, and guarantee access to legal remedy if and when these rights are violated. The world at large is, however, experiencing a constriction of civic space and nowhere is this more apparent than in South Asia. South Asia State of Minorities Report 2020: Minorities and Shrinking Civic Space highlights how civil society across the region has been navigating the terrain of state practices, especially with regard to advocacy of minority rights. While the regression of civic space affects society at large, the dynamics and impacts of restrictions tend to be particularly severe, and take place with greater frequency, for minorities and those who raise a voice for their rights. This volume presents chapters from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, reporting on the state of civic space within their respective territories.