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US lawmakers voice concern over Kashmir, NRC at Congressional hearing

There was no official response from Indian officials to the comments made by US lawmakers and officials at the hearing. Image used for representation only.

Updated on Oct 24, 2019, 2:16 AM IST

Deeply concerned over reports of human rights abuses, religious discrimination in Pakistan: US

The US urged the Pakistani government to uphold the rule of law and the freedoms enshrined in the country’s Constitution.

Updated on Oct 22, 2019, 7:16 AM IST

Google employees call for pledge not to work with US immigration officials

Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Published on Aug 16, 2019, 12:37 PM IST

‘How many wrote to Mamata Banerjee for human rights violations in Bengal?’: Babul Supriyo

Union Minister Babul Supriyo wrote an open letter to the 49 signatories who recently wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over the incidents of lynching.

Updated on Jul 28, 2019, 8:28 PM IST

Why justice matters in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan has for long sponsored terrorism in Kashmir. But is it enough for India to point to “causality”, without introspecting on the fact that Kashmir has a long litany of documented human rights violations that have gone unpunished?

Published on Jul 16, 2019, 6:47 PM IST

‘False narrative’: India slams UN rights body report on Kashmir

The assertions in the report are in violation of India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and ignore the core issue of cross-border terrorism, said Raveesh Kumar, MEA spokesperson.

Updated on Jul 8, 2019, 5:30 PM IST

Gambian ex-dictator ‘handpicked’ women for rape: Human Rights Watch

Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh “handpicked” women whom he would rape or sexually coerce, offering cash, gifts and other privileges in exchange, international rights groups said.

Updated on Jun 26, 2019, 5:39 PM IST

Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi has left the country: lawyer and media

A Pakistani Christian woman who spent eight years on death row over false blasphemy charges, Asia Bibi, has left the country.

Updated on May 8, 2019, 5:41 PM IST

Australia’s indigenous soprano Deborah Cheetham makes India debut

Australia’s indigenous soprano Deborah Cheetham makes India debut

Published on Mar 27, 2019, 7:23 PM IST

China hits back at ‘prejudiced’ US with own rights criticism

China’s State Council, or Cabinet, said the United States was a self-styled “human rights defender,” that has a human rights record which is “flawed and lackluster”.

Updated on Mar 14, 2019, 1:48 PM IST

CBSE Class 12 exam date sheet revised, check fresh schedule here

The Central Board of Secondary Education has revised the dates of some subjects of Class 12 board examinations. HT Photo by Satish Bate

Updated on Jan 13, 2019, 6:12 PM IST

Saudi Arabia denies Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch reports about torture and sexual harassment

The May arrests followed an earlier crackdown on clerics, intellectuals, and activists last year in an apparent bid to silence potential opponents of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Updated on Nov 24, 2018, 12:03 AM IST

Terrorism one of the worst forms of human rights violation, but global response inadequate: India

A general view of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13.

Updated on Nov 4, 2018, 12:07 AM IST

Politicisation of human rights as foreign policy tool area of concern: India

General view of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 13.

Updated on Nov 3, 2018, 7:20 PM IST

Supreme Court constitutes 3-member committee to look into jail reforms

Prisoners also have human rights and cannot be kept like “animals”, the Supreme Court had said.

Updated on Sep 25, 2018, 2:38 PM IST

Supreme Court constitution bench to hear plea on female genital mutilation

A view of the Supreme Court on July 09, 2018.

Updated on Sep 25, 2018, 12:50 AM IST

New UN human rights chief survived torture, lived in exile as a young woman

Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet speaks from her office at the Palais Wilson on her first day as new United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, September 3, 2018.

Published on Sep 4, 2018, 12:48 PM IST

United Nations urges Myanmar to free two Reuters journalists immediately

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, (pictured) insisted they were set up while exposing the extrajudicial killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine village of Inn Din in September last year.

Updated on Sep 3, 2018, 11:34 PM IST

Panjab University elections: Assault accused is SOI’s face for student polls

SOI’s PU student union presidential candidate Iqbalpreet Prince flanked by the party leaders Chetan Chaudhary (left) and Mehnazpreet Chahal on the campus on Wednesday.

Published on Jun 28, 2018, 11:15 AM IST

Saudi Arabia arrests two more women’s rights activists: Human Rights Watch

Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Updated on Jun 20, 2018, 3:00 PM IST

Denmark bans Islamic full-face veil in public spaces

Women in niqab are pictured after the Danish Parliament banned the wearing of face veils in public, at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 31, 2018.

Updated on May 31, 2018, 5:26 PM IST

Indian women pioneers at UN hailed as upholders of women’s rights

At a panel discussion at the United Nations on the Southern Legacy of Women and the Origins of the UN, Rebecca Adami, a senior lecturer at the University of Stockholm, said the push for gender equality came not from Western nations, but from the countries of the South.

Updated on May 23, 2018, 11:37 AM IST

Poor jail conditions, violence cited to avoid extradition from UK to India

British courts have a duty to ensure that human rights of the person sought to be extradited under the European Convention of Human Rights will not be breached, among other issues.

Updated on May 6, 2018, 9:55 AM IST

Pakistan rights body condemns raid on editor of critical report

In this Monday, April 16, 2018 photo Maryam Hasan shows the Human Rights Commission Report 2017 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Updated on Apr 20, 2018, 11:28 PM IST

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