United Nations: The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, Friday said that more than 191,000 people have been killed in Syria between March 2011 and April 2014, saying that the ongoing fighting there
Damascus: As many as 85 Syrian soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's northern al-Raqqa province, activists said
Baghdad: Human Rights Watch says Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month, based on an analysis of satellite imagery and grisly photos released by the militants.The U.S.-based rights group said on Friday
New Delhi: Women in Afghanistan were brutally repressed under Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001. Now it has been more than 10 years since the end of Taliban rule but women and girls are still
Tehran : Iranian government has rejected a UN General Assembly committee's draft resolution about the violation of human rights in the Islamic Republic.The Islamic republic "strongly rejects the definition and content of this resolution," reported
Chennai: The Madras High Court has declared that denial of power supply to any person will be considered as violation of fundamental human rights.The declaration came in response to a petition from a group of
Colombo: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday visited parts of Sri Lanka's northern region which has been battered by 30 years of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military.Among the areas
New York, Jun 23: Prominent legal activist Amrit Singh has been honoured for her groundbreaking work in the field of human rights law, along with a number of other noted Indian-Americans including US Congressman Ami
New York, Mar 28: Sri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.Deputy Minister V. Muralitharan,
New Delhi, Mar 5: Against the backdrop of the European Union ending decade-old boycott of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Germany today sought to make distinction between human rights issues and image of the BJP
Abu Dhabi, Mar 4: Ninety four people went on trial on Monday in the United Arab Emirates on charges of trying to overthrow the government, the latest in a growing crackdown in the Gulf nation
London, Jan 31: The euphoria of the Arab Spring has given way to the sobering challenge of creating rights-respecting democracies, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.It said in its World Report 2013 that the willingness of
Hanoi, Vietnam, Sep 28: The 7-iron resting against the wall in Le Quoc Quan's office is for self-defense, not sport. The human-rights lawyer and blogger has not left home without the golf club since being
London, Jun 6: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's scheduled speech today at the Commonwealth Economic Forum was cancelled, amid concerns about possible demonstrations by Tamil groups protesting against human rights violations in his country.Rajapaksa is
Washington, May 19: A dissident who was one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest in Beijing tried abortively to turn himself in to Chinese authorities at their embassy in Washington on
Colombo, May 18: Jailed former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was today granted bail by the High Court here in a case for harbouring military deserters, ahead of an imminent presidential pardon for him.
London, Apr 29: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi could be among those likely to be affected by new immigration rules under which non-European Union citizens accused of serious human rights abuses may be banned from
Raipur, Nov 15: Calling Maoists the “biggest violators of human rights”, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today said anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh seemed to be losing momentum though incidents of ultra-Left violence have come down.“Even
Beirut , Nov 11 :Syrian forces have tortured and killed civilians in the rebellious province of Homs in an assault that indicates crimes against humanity, and the Arab League should suspend Syria's membership, an international
New Delhi, Nov 9: Virtually ticking off those championing the human rights cause of law-breakers, the Supreme Court today wondered why nobody talked about those who die of starvation, farmers' suicide and security men getting
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