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Pakistani court sentences man to death for WhatsApp ‘blasphemy’

The case arose after Muhammad Saeed, a resident of Talagang in Punjab province filed an application with the Federal Investigation Agency two years ago accusing Zeeshan of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group.

Published on Mar 25, 2023, 4:57 PM IST

Why so much diffidence: Cong leader on India abstaining from Xinjiang resolution

Manish Tewari on Friday questioned India's decision to abstain on the draft resolution for a debate on Xinjiang.

Updated on Oct 7, 2022, 12:03 PM IST

Meta releases first human rights report

Published on Jul 15, 2022, 4:28 AM IST

NHRC issues notice to Telangana officials after man killed by Muslim wife's kin

File photo of Nagaraju and his wife, Syed Sultana, in Hyderabad. (ANI)

Published on May 6, 2022, 9:49 PM IST

'We discuss these things but…': UK PM on talks with India on human rights issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his British counterpart Boris Johnson at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Published on Apr 22, 2022, 5:51 PM IST

We too take up human rights issues in US when they arise: Jaishankar

FILE PHOTO: Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 14, 2022, 6:52 AM IST

Evening brief: Human rights panel seeks report on assault of Odisha Journalist

Loknath Dalei, a journalist in Balasore, was seen chained to a hospital bed by his leg. ( Representational image)

Updated on Apr 8, 2022, 5:01 PM IST

UK rights group threatened under China sweeping security law

Hong Kong rally

Published on Mar 14, 2022, 6:01 PM IST

Former V-P expresses concern over rights’ situation in India, govt rebuts

A file photo of former vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari in New Delhi. (Reuters)

Updated on Jan 28, 2022, 4:33 AM IST

Human Rights Day 2021: President Kovind to address NHRC event

President Ram Nath Kovind

Published on Dec 10, 2021, 7:22 AM IST

Ahead of nuclear talks, US hits Iran with new sanctions for human rights abuses

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria

Published on Dec 8, 2021, 5:16 AM IST

‘There should be proper understanding’: MEA on US report on human rights

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi addressing the media.

Published on Apr 2, 2021, 5:42 PM IST

Tamil Nadu human rights body seeks report after 3 women die in fatal accidents

Image for representation.

Updated on Dec 8, 2020, 7:56 PM IST

Law violations cannot be condoned under pretext of human rights : India to UNHCHR chief

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.

Updated on Oct 20, 2020, 11:46 PM IST

Covid-19 can’t crush human rights, declares UN gathering

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, delivers opening remarks to the high-level virtual panel entitled "Participation, Human Rights and the Governance Challenge Ahead," Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at UN headquarters in New York.

Published on Sep 25, 2020, 10:26 PM IST

Barbados pledges same-sex marriage vote so as not to be ‘blacklisted’ for human rights issues

Barbados pledges same-sex marriage vote so as not to be ‘blacklisted’ for human rights

Updated on Sep 17, 2020, 10:02 AM IST

Sonakshi Sinha bats for right to education

Sonakshi says, “If you educate a person, most of the other human rights will be taken care of.”

Updated on Aug 6, 2020, 11:06 PM IST

Assam human rights commission issues notice to govt on Covid-19 scenario in jails

A healthcare worker collects swab sample from a woman for Covid-19 testing in Guwahati.

Updated on Jul 21, 2020, 3:36 PM IST

Minneapolis to ban police chokeholds in wake of Floyd death

Protesters take part in a demonstration in Vilnius, Lithuania over the death of George Floyd

Updated on Jun 5, 2020, 11:10 PM IST

‘Confidential’ issue holding up Mallya extradition: UK

Vijay Mallya, 64, lost his appeal against the 2018 order to extradite him in the UK high court in April.

Updated on Jun 5, 2020, 1:06 AM IST

Pandemic no ‘blank cheque’ to flout civil liberties, says UN

Some countries, organisations and leaders -- including US President Donald Trump -- have voiced doubts about the figures from China on the numbers of deaths and infections.

Updated on Apr 9, 2020, 7:32 PM IST

Meet transwomen who’ve made a place for themselves in the mainstream

Fida Khan, 28 (centre), is a member of Y-Films’ Six Pack Band, and an aspiring actress. ‘My sisters showed my parents videos of my work. The day my grandmother and mother told me they were proud of me, I was over the moon,’ she says.

Updated on Mar 11, 2020, 7:57 PM IST

Cambodia to teach LGBT+ issues in schools to tackle discrimination

Cambodia has no legislation that deals specifically with LGBT+ people. Same sex marriages are neither criminalised nor officially recognised by the state.

Updated on Dec 11, 2019, 4:17 PM IST

Seminar on freedom of faith and human rights held by CESNUR and HRWF

The seminar was devoted to the protection of the rights of religious minorities targeted by majority groups.

Updated on Dec 9, 2019, 11:45 AM IST

English medium in smart schools: State child rights panel issues notice to secretary education

HT Image

Published on Dec 6, 2019, 11:48 PM IST

France calls on China to end ‘mass arbitrary detentions’

France on Wednesday called on China to end “mass arbitrary detentions” in Xinjiang, where around one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being held. (Representative Image)

Published on Nov 28, 2019, 1:04 AM IST

Saudi backpedals on video labelling feminism ‘extremism’

Prince Mohammed has sought to ease restrictions on women with multiple reforms including a historic decree that ended a decades-old ban on female motorists.

Updated on Nov 13, 2019, 5:11 PM IST

Goa cops barred from parading accused ‘like trophies’ and given lesson in fundamental rights

The police had paraded a couple before the media after their arrest from the north Goa town of Mapusa allegedly for abandoning their newborn male child

Updated on Nov 6, 2019, 9:33 AM IST

India’s Supreme Court has been slow, says UN rights panel on J&K situation

A security person stands guard during shutdown in Srinagar.

Updated on Oct 29, 2019, 7:58 PM IST

Iran executes children in violation of human rights law: UN expert

Javaid Rehman, UN special investigator on human rights in Iran, welcomed an amendment to an Iranian anti-narcotics law in 2017 that led to the reduction in executions in 2018.

Updated on Oct 24, 2019, 6:37 AM IST

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