Human Rights

Bangladesh PM urges India to put pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingya

About 700,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled into Bangladesh from Myanmar since August to escape a military crackdown.

May 26, 2018

Kill at least one: Tamil Nadu police flouted norms while handling anti-Sterlite protesters?

Undue haste by police and flouting of crowd control norms could have resulted in mass killing in Thoothukudi on Tuesday. Video reveals voice calling out to armed police 'at least one should be killed' before shots are fired.

May 23, 2018

Iranian Women Defy Male-Only Stadium Ban By Sneaking In Disguised As Bearded Men

A group of women in Iran wore wigs and fake beards in order to watch a soccer match from inside the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, where women spectators are often refused entry.

May 2, 2018

Tibet should have the right to preservation of own culture: Dalai Lama

"Tibetan area is recognized and it should have the same right to the preservation of own culture if it remains then it's okay to stay in China for mutual benefits", said Dalai Lama.

Apr 23, 2018

Baloch Republic Organisation protests in London against Pakistan's Human Rights violations

The protest took place at 10 Downing Street in London. Mansoor Baloch, President of BRP urged UK Government to intervene in the Balochistan Genocide issue.

Apr 23, 2018

Syrian tragedy isn't the creation of Bashar al-Assad alone

Did Assad kill people to stay in power? Yes he did. But does that make everyone else who is involved -- or better say trapped -- in this war a saint? Hardly so.

Apr 16, 2018

Feminism has a new slogan in Pakistan: 'Warm your own food!'

A university student's Urdu placard from Aurat March 2018 saying "Khud Khana Garam Karlo" has become the rallying cry for feminists in Pakistan.

Apr 6, 2018

Shahid Afridi asks why no UN intervention to stop 'bloodshed' in Kashmir

Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi alleged that the voices of self determination and independence are being silenced in Kashmir.

Apr 3, 2018

Linda Brown Thompson reflects on landmark Supreme Court case Brown V. Board Of Education 50 years later

Linda Brown Thompson spoke at the University of Michigan on January 12, 2004 about becoming the girl at the center of the Supreme Court ruling that ended racial segreation in schools.

Mar 28, 2018

Starbucks has achieved pay equity in the U.S.

Starbucks announced on March 21 that it has achieved 100 percent pay equity for women and men, and employees of all races in the U.S..

Mar 22, 2018

Man wins $390,000 in gender discrimination lawsuit

An Austrian man has won $390,000 in compensation after he was discriminated against on the basis of his gender. Transport ministry official Peter Franzmayr was found to be more qualified for a managerial role than Ursula Zechner, who got the job.

Mar 21, 2018

Women's Day 2018: Apple shares first insight on their pro-women measures in India

Apple India has collaborated with St John's National Academy of Health Sciences to impart health education, early cancer detection for women in Bengaluru.

Mar 8, 2018

Man wanted to divorce wife because of her 'inability to cook tasty food', courts thought otherwise

The Bombay High court has upheld a family court's order that dismissed the divorce petition of a man who alleged that his wife did not cook well for the family and abused his parents.

Mar 3, 2018

Mike Pence believes abortions will end in our time

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence believes that there will be an end to legal abortion in our time. Pence, a strong anti-abortion advocate, was speaking at a anti-abortion organizations luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee.

Feb 28, 2018

Was Google wrong in firing Tim Chevalier? Axed transgender engineer thinks so, sues the company

Tim Chevalier thought he was right in using extreme campaign methods to highlight the disparity in the company and Google thought the employee's actions were against office decorum and fired him.

Feb 23, 2018