Human Rights

Half of the world's school-age children with disabilities don't go to school: Report

Stigma and misinformation, along with lack of data on number of disabled children are contributing to the problem

Oct 17, 2016

Blame it on personal laws: 4 of every 5 divorced Muslims in India are women

The Muslim Personal Laws allowing men of absolute powers like triple talaq and apathy of successive governments are to blame for skewed ratio.

Oct 16, 2016

Venkaiah Naidu tells AIMPLB to debate about triple talaq, UCC instead of dragging Modi into the issue

The Muslim body had called Modi "dictatorial" after the law commission circulated a questionnaire regarding the Uniform Civil Code.

Oct 14, 2016

Uniform Civil Code: Muslim Personal Law Board threatens Modi government with internal war

The law commission which has addressed the issue of abolishing 'Triple Talaq' has invited the ire of the Muslim Personal Law Board.

Oct 13, 2016

Meet the Calais refugee children who dream of a life free from violence and war

Calais refugee children urge Britain and France not to forget them as Jungle demolition looms.

Oct 12, 2016

Boris Johnson: Putin risks seeing his ambition turned to ashes as the world recoils at horror of Syria war

Boris Johnson, speaking in Parliament on 11 October, states that Russia is the clear culprit for the air strikes on an aid convoy in Syria that killed 20 people on 19 September. Johnson said that if Russia continues on its current path it is in danger of becoming a pariah nation.

Oct 12, 2016

Haiti suffers deadly cholera outbreak in wake of Hurricane Matthew disaster

Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, was battered by Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm over the Atlantic since 2007. Matthew made landfall in Haiti on 4 October. The countrys death toll is over 1,000. To compound the impact of the disaster, Cholera has broken out – a bacterial disease spread by contaminated water.

Oct 10, 2016

Columbus Day: What is the controversy? Here's what historians have to say

It would perhaps be fair to remember that as our historical knowledge evolves, a hero in one historical may be interpreted as a villain in another.

Oct 7, 2016

How Indias acid attack victims are empowering themselves

Between 2014 and 2015 at least 400 people in India were attacked with acid, with news coverage of such incidents becoming almost a daily occurrence. The Make Love Not Scars organisation aims to help acid attack victims by providing skills and rehabilitation so that they can reintegrate back into society. They have even helped one victim achieve her dream of walking down a runway at New York Fashion Week.

Oct 7, 2016

SC chides Maharashtra government over deaths of 600 tribal children

The apex court pulled up the government over its non-action following the deaths of the children due to malnutrition.

Oct 6, 2016

Amendments to HIV and AIDS Bill prohibit discrimination against patients

The bill provides the patients suffering from HIV/AIDS the right to get antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Oct 5, 2016

Sikh in California faces racial slur from White man

The Caucasian man abused Balmeet Singh for trying to blow up America and threatened to kill him.

Oct 5, 2016

Zimbabwes alleged state-sponsored kidnap victims speak out against the regime

Injected with an unknown substance during torture, activists speak out about their fears to IBTimes UK.

Sep 29, 2016

NHRC issues notice to Madhya Pradesh govt after 116 kids die of malnutrition in 5 months

Chambal division commissioner says that mothers are not feeding babies as they are themselves unhealthy.

Sep 28, 2016

Woman with broken arm forced to eat off the floor at Jharkhand government hospital

The hospital has sacked a ward boy and ordered disposable plates.

Sep 24, 2016