Human Rights

Saudi Arabia employs Darfur children in Yemen war - Report

The report says children make up at least 20 percent of the units at the front-line of the Saudi-Houthi war.

Dec 31, 2018

Computer 'snooping' order stirs up fears of mass surveillance

Govt denies scope for abuse of powers but some experts fear arbitrary use for purposes other than national security

Dec 22, 2018

Wives of China's lawyers and activists go bald to protest husbands' unexplained persecution

Explaining that the country was "lawless" and that the government was targeting citizens, the women also attempted to enter a Beijing court aiming to submit a petition against the indefinite arrest of their husbands.

Dec 18, 2018

India's death penalty problem: Speed up executions or rethink on judicial murder?

Should the death row convicts be sent to the gallows faster? Should they rather be allowed to rot in the cells awaiting death? Should we convict more criminals to death? Or should India abolish death penalty altogether?

Dec 13, 2018

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Human rights violation rampant in India: Activists

Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10, as the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on this day in 1948.

Dec 8, 2018

Thousands of women from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam trafficked and sold as brides in China

While many of these women cross over to China and marry the men unwillingly, others are tricked and trafficked into the East Asian nation. Many of these women are reportedly also forced to have children for the men.

Dec 8, 2018

China has detained 'over 2 million' ethnic Muslims in concentration camps

Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of the Human Right Democracy and Labor, that the detainees have not been charged for any kind of crimes — some don't even know why they have been detained — and their families have no clue of their whereabouts.

Dec 7, 2018

Apple, RED, Global Fund, AIDS, HIV, Worlds AIDS Day, 2018

World AIDS Day 2018: Here's what Apple and (RED) are doing to fight HIV in Africa

Apple will be contributing a part of the revenue generated from PRODUCT(RED) series iPhone XR, accessories, headphones by Beats to (RED) for Global Fund to fight HIV in Africa.

Dec 1, 2018

Rohingya refugee children carry firewood

Myanmar seizes boat carrying 93 fleeing Rohingya camps for Malaysia

The navy stopped the boat on Sunday and detained the 93 people, who said they had come from the Thae Chaung camp in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe.

Nov 27, 2018

Shahid Afridi clarifies his 'Pakistan doesn't want Kashmir' statement

Shahid Afridi has come out and clarified his statement on letting Kashmir be independent and bashed the Indian media for misconstruing his statement

Nov 15, 2018

Why is Communist China purging Marxist students in elite universities?

The student uprising took shape at a Shenzhen-based company called Jasic Technology, a welding machinery manufacturer, where the activists formed a worker support group called Jasic Workers Solidarity.

Nov 14, 2018

After Khashoggi murder, Saudi Arabia tortured and killed another journalist - Report

Dissident journalist Al-Jasser was arrested in March in Dubai, after MBS aide Saud Al-Qahtani's cyber army agents found purported evidence against him.

Nov 8, 2018

Edward Snowden speaks via video link during a news conference

Israeli spyware used to track and kill Saudi journalist Khashoggi: Edward Snowden

Snowden says NSO is selling a digital burglary tool that's causing harm to journalists and rights activists around the world.

Nov 7, 2018

SC extends deadline for Assam NRC list inclusion; allows submission of 5 documents as proof

The bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has extended the date till December 15 for claimants to file documents that could be used for their inclusion and exclusion in the list.

Nov 1, 2018

Govt sets up GoM to look into sexual harassment at workplace

The Group of Ministers (GoM) members are Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.

Oct 24, 2018

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