Taliban Restrictions May Amount To Femicide, Warn UN Experts
Source: AP, PTI Taliban restrictions on Afghan women and girls may amount to femicide if they are not reversed, a...
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UN Condemns Taliban’s Ban On Women From Working For UN Af
Source: PTI The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working...
Human Rights Calamity: Billions Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water
Leaders and authorities recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades. The hope was that...
Protestors Relieved As NGT Stays EC For JSW Project In Odisha
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suspended the environmental clearance (EC) given to Jindal Steel Works’ or JSW Utkal’s (its...
Cease ‘Mass Forced Evictions’ At Angkor Wat: Amnesty International
The Cambodian government’s ongoing removal of a reported ten thousand families from the Angkor Wat temple complex amounts to mass...
Significant Human Rights Issues In India, Finds US Report
India experienced significant human rights issues in 2022, including unlawful and arbitrary killings, freedom of press and violence targeting religious...
‘What Would Our Cattle Say On Human Rights?’
(Source: PTI) Climate change is knocking on our doors and people in poorer nations are going to pay a "heavier...
Qatar World Cup Is Beaming Misogyny Around The World
(Source: PTI) One of the fundamental questions relating to the 2022 World Cup being hosted by Qatar is what message...
Qatar’s Death Row And The Invisible, Powerless Migrant Workforce
Qatari authorities are ignoring international law by failing to inform embassies when their citizens are arrested, detained or are pending...
World Cup 2022: Fifa’s Conflicting Guidance On Human Rights
The 2022 men’s World Cup host nation Qatar is known for its human rights abuses relating to women, migrant workers...
‘Sportswashing’: Do Football Fans Really Care?
Fifa’s choice of Qatar as host of the 2022 men’s football World Cup has been controversial since day one. Questions...
Violence Against Women Is ‘Big Cancer’, Says UN Chief
(Source: PTI) United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday termed violence against women a “big cancer” and called for...
Sri Lanka Crisis Due To Impunity For Human Rights Abuses
Sri Lanka is facing a devastating economic crisis, a UN report has said, noting that impunity for past and present...
The Ongoing War On Human Rights In Af
The word “anniversary” usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since the Taliban takeover...
India Backs UN Resolution On Human Right To Clean Environment
India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and...
UN Experts Call For Urgent Global Attention On Sri Lankan Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka's economic collapse needs immediate global attention, not just from humanitarian agencies, but also from international financial institutions and...
NEET: Female Candidates Allegedly Forced To Remove Innerwear
Female candidates who appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) at a private educational institution in Kollam district of Kerala...
Father Swamy Death: Resolution Introduced In US Congress
A resolution commemorating the life of Indian human rights defender Father Stan Swamy and seeking an independent investigation into the...
US Condemns Remarks Against The Prophet
The US has said it condemns the controversial remarks made by two now-suspended BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad and encourages...
‘To Keep Women Out Of Work’: Malala On New Taliban Rule
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree...
Human Rights Not Discussed With US: EAM
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Wednesday that human rights issue was not a topic of discussion during the...
US Monitoring “Rise In Human Rights Abuses” In India: Blinken
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was monitoring what he described as a rise in "human...
Jamaicans Shun UK Royal Visit, Want Apology, Slavery Reparations
Dozens of well-known leaders in Jamaica, including professors and politicians, are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the Duke...
FB Critics Call For The Release Of India Human Rights Review
Facebook critics on Wednesday called on the world's largest social network to release a human rights impact assessment it commissioned...
Hong Kong University Dismantles & Removes Tiananmen Statue
A leading Hong Kong university has dismantled and removed a statue from its campus site that for more than two...
