Human Rights
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Come out of Comfort Zone: A Call to Collective Action
Hyderabad: Injustice thrives when people choose silence over action. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice. This was the resounding message at a meeting organized the other day by the Association for…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan seeks meeting with party leaders ahead of talks with Pakistan government
Islamabad: Nominating SIC chief Sahibzada Mohammad Hamid Raza as the spokesperson for his party’s committee for negotiation with the Pakistan government, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has demanded a meeting with…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Deputy CM rules out any interference in police action against BJP leader Ravi
Belagavi: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday ruled out any interference in the police action and arrest of BJP MLC C T Ravi, for allegedly using a derogatory word…
- India
Climate-risk atlas, district-level data collection: NHRC core advisory group suggestions
New Delhi: District-level data collection on climate change, creation of a “climate-risk atlas” and realigning of CSR subjects with environmental issues to re-focus from urban to rural areas are among the suggestions…
- News
Human rights ingrained in Indian culture, says Law Minister Meghwal
New Delhi: Union Law Minster Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government had taken several initiatives to ensure that the last man in the queue got all the benefits…
- World
Violence against minorities: US calls for respecting human rights in Bangladesh
Washington: The United States on Tuesday called for respect for fundamental freedoms including religious and basic human rights in Bangladesh amid attacks on minorities. India has been expressing concerns over attacks on…
- Middle East
United State airstrikes kill five militia in Syria
Damascus: US airstrikes killed five members of militias and wounded several others in eastern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based monitoring group reported on Tuesday that US…
- India
India has always been strong votary of human rights: Birla
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said India has always respected international laws and has been a strong votary of human rights and the statutes brought to ensure the…
- Middle East
UN human rights chief reiterates call for end to conflict in Gaza
United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk reiterated his call for an end to the conflict in Gaza here. In his opening statement at the 57th session of the…
- Offbeat
Internet storms over memo denying workers leave for child’s sickness
Social media platform Reddit is fuming over an unnamed office memo posted on the notice board of a company directing employees not to take leaves due to their child’s illness. The notice…
- Science
Telegram CEO’s arrest assault on basic human rights: Edward Snowden
San Francisco: US NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Sunday backed Telegram Founder Pavel Durov, saying his arrest is “an assault on the basic human rights of speech and association”. In a post…
- World
Nearly 650 people killed in recent spate of violence in Bangladesh: UN report
Dhaka: Nearly 650 people have been killed in the recent unrest in Bangladesh between July 16 and August 11, the UN Human Rights Office has said in a preliminary report, suggesting a…
- Middle East
Houthi forces raid, shut down UN human rights office in Yemen’s Sanaa
Aden: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) office in Yemen’s Sanaa has been shut down by Houthi forces, UN and government officials said on Tuesday. In an escalation of…
- Middle East
Israel cleared for 2024 Paris Olympics; Countries who faced ban in the past
Despite international calls from human rights organisations to ban Israel from competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics over the country’s ongoing aggression in the war-torn Gaza Strip, Israeli athletes have been clear…
- Pakistan
Pakistan: Human rights body ‘shocked’ at govt’s move to ban Imran Khan’s party
Islamabad: Pakistan’s leading human rights body on Monday expressed “shock” at the government’s decision to ban former prime minister Imran Khan’s party and warned that the measure was an “enormous blow” to…
