Human Rights

Why is China trying to eradicate Islam? Re-education with pork and liquor; call to prayer denied

Communist China's crackdown on Muslims extends from Xinjiang to other parts. The Hui Muslims in Linxia, the 'Chinese Mecca', are the latest victims of the cultural cleansing.

Jul 16, 2018

Human rights groups challenge China; ask UN to interfere in Qin Yongmi case

The activist was found guilty of subversion of state power and handed a 13-year prison sentence. Human Rights Watch has asked the UN to intervene to ensure that Yongmin is treated fairly.

Jul 13, 2018

US convict's execution blocked by drug company

Alvogen filed a case asking Nevada not to execute a prisoner on death row. saying it did not want its drug Midazolam to be used. The company claims the drug was obtained illegally.

Jul 12, 2018

Sensational revelation of Pakistan's role behind anti-India UN Report on Kashmir

A Pakistani Islamist, based in Canada has admitted that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, was in constant touch with him while preparing the Human Rights report on Kashmir.

Jul 10, 2018

Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

Reuters journalists who reported on Rohingya massacre to face trial in Myanmar

A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings.

Jul 10, 2018

A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California,

Trump administration halts billions in insurance payments under Obamacare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), said the action affects $10.4 billion in risk adjustment payments.

Jul 8, 2018

Woman Scales Statue Of Liberty On Fourth Of July

Saying it aloft? Woman climbs Statue of Liberty to protest ICE family separations

A woman scaled the statue of liberty of July 4 as the whole country continues to protest Donald Trump's 'Zero Tolerance' policy.

Jul 5, 2018

Thousands come together in the United States demanding reunification of migrant families

It was a Saturday of protests as thousands of people in dozens of cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Miami, St. Louis, San Francisco and Los Angeles, took to the streets in protest against the Trump administration.

Jul 1, 2018

US immigration row: Ordeal of Indian woman separated from her 5-year-old differently-abled son

Bhavan Patel, a 33-year-old Indian, is seeking asylum in the US after fleeing political persecution in Ahmedabad. She is said to have travelled to Greece and then Mexico after which she was trying to cross over to the US with her five-year-old son when she was detained by the ICE.

Jun 30, 2018

Reunite migrant families separated at borders: US federal judge to Trump admin

A federal judge in San Diego has ordered children to be reunited with their parents within 30 days. The government earlier announced it would scrap the zero-tolerance policy but had not specified what would happen to the families separated prior to the decision.

Jun 27, 2018

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Human Rights

Why is China trying to eradicate Islam? Re-education with pork and liquor; call to prayer denied

Human rights groups challenge China; ask UN to interfere in Qin Yongmi case

US convict's execution blocked by drug company

Sensational revelation of Pakistan's role behind anti-India UN Report on Kashmir

Reuters journalists who reported on Rohingya massacre to face trial in Myanmar

Trump administration halts billions in insurance payments under Obamacare

Saying it aloft? Woman climbs Statue of Liberty to protest ICE family separations

Thousands come together in the United States demanding reunification of migrant families

US immigration row: Ordeal of Indian woman separated from her 5-year-old differently-abled son

Reunite migrant families separated at borders: US federal judge to Trump admin

India lambasts Pakistan at UN, tears into its 'empty rhetoric' on Kashmir

"What's the problem if a widow gets remarried?" says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

US Supreme Court says cops need warrant to access cellphone data

Time magazine features Trump on cover page, not for Korea deal but for sobbing child

Trump scraps migrant family separation policy; No respite for already separated kids

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]