Human Rights

Siddhartha, Samantha, Rakul Preet, Prakash Raj Condemn Ban on 'India's Daughter' Documentary

Siddhartha, Samantha, Rakul Preet and Prakash Raj have condemned India's ban on airing of BBC's documentary "India's Daughter".

Mar 6, 2015

People hold a placard during a candlelight vigil in support of 'Nirbhaya'

Nirbhaya Documentary: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Objects to BBC's Airing of 'India's Daughter'

An order prohibiting the airing of the film has been sent to BBC.

Mar 5, 2015

Stop Acid Attack Survivors Disney Princess Princesses Stop Acid Attacks Attack Women Human Rights Violence Art Awareness Campaign Artist aleXsandro Palombo WEB

Stop Acid Attack: Disney Princesses Paint Gory Picture of Macho Reality, Atrocities Against Women

Italian artist AleXandro Palombo's "Disney Princesses as acid attack survivors" series urge people to stand up against sexual inequality.

Feb 25, 2015

Bali Nine: Indonesia Rejects Mercy Pleas, Will Not Delay Executions of Chan and Sukumaran

Indonesian president said that executions of 11 death row convicts, including Bali nine members Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, would go ahead as planned.

Feb 24, 2015

Saudi Religious Police Arrest Young Men for 'Shameful' Dancing at Birthday Party

Saudi Arabia's religious police, known as Haia, raided a house and arrested a group of young men for playing "loud music and inappropriate dancing.

Feb 23, 2015

Fight Against Exploitation of Children will be a Joint Effort of Satyarthi and SC Judges

Justice TS Thakur stressed on the fact that encouraging child labour in the name of financial crisis should be stopped immediately.

Feb 22, 2015

Barack Obama speaks at the White House Summit

White House Summit: 'We Are not at War with Islam.. Only With People Who Perverted Islam,' Says Obama [VIDEO]

Barack Obama during his speech at the White House summit on countering violent extremism clarified that America's war is not with Islam, but with people who have perverted Islam.

Feb 19, 2015

A journalist raises her hand to ask a question during a news conference in Baghdad

Iraq: Journalists 'Beaten Up' by Government Officer's Guards at Press Conference

Several journalists were beaten up by a senior official's guards at a press conference in Baghdad on Wednesday

Feb 19, 2015

'Bali Nine' Executions: Australia Reminds Indonesia of $1b Tsunami Aid, Warns of Serious Consequences

Australian PM Tony Abbott reminds Indonesian authorities of the $1 billion aid when tsunami hit in 2004 and asks them to not execute the Bali Nine prisoners.

Feb 18, 2015

Section 377 Violates Homosexuals' Privacy; Affects them Psychologically: Law Commission Chairman

Justice AP Shah said Supreme Court was wrong in re-criminalizing gay sex in India.

Feb 17, 2015

Bali Nine: Australian Duo to be Transferred to 'Penal Island' for Execution

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who attempted to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia have been cleared for execution.

Feb 12, 2015

Park Ji-hyun narrated stories of how prisoners in North Korean Labour camps were required to work from the crack of dawn until it became pitched dark.

North Korea: Prisoners Ate Seeds From 'Animal Dung', Menstruating Women Beaten for Washing Towels

A defector narrates her experiences at detention and labour camps in a documentary

Feb 6, 2015

Serbia, Croatia Did Not Commit Genocide Against Each Other in 1990s: UN Court

The International Court of Justice brought an end to the long-running case.

Feb 3, 2015

Yellamma Temple Festival: the Dark Mystic World of India's Banned 'Devdasi' System

The yearly Yellama festival held at Yellama Temple in Savadatti, Belgaum district, Karnataka follows the tradition of 'Devdasi'