Human Rights

China state media accuses foreign 'hypocrisy' over Hong Kong after climbdown

Hong Kong's "fugitive rendition arrangements are purely an internal affair", the China Daily said, however, adding that countries such as the United States or Britain should have no say in the matter.

Jun 17, 2019

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam suspends controversial extradition bill until further notice

In an official press conference held in Hong Kong on Saturday, June 15, the severely criticised Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that the pro-Beijing lawmakers had urged the government to delay the bill.

Jun 15, 2019

Clashes in Hong Kong after anti-govt protest against extradition law

Hong Kong is known to be a safe house where several anti-government protesters have sought refuge in the past.

Jun 10, 2019

Who is Murtaja Qureiris? Saudi teen faces execution for participating in Arab Spring

In May 2017, Murtaja Qureiris was moved to al-Mabaheth prison, an adult facility, even though he was still only 16 years old.

Jun 8, 2019

Attacks on Afghanistan schools tripled in 2018: UNICEF

The numbers increased for the first time since 2015 and surged from 68 in 2017 to 192 in 2018.

May 28, 2019

Will US sanctions on Pakistan spell bad news for the Asian country?

The United States took the extreme step after Pakistan refused to take back its deportees and those who violated the visa rules, for example, overstaying their visa.

Apr 28, 2019

Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea seeking entry of Muslim women into mosques

A Pune-based couple pleaded that the present ban on woman entering the mosque is a violation of the fundamental rights and is unconstitutional as there cannot be any discrimination based on caste, sex and religion according to the constitution.

Apr 16, 2019

Saudi govt detains 8, including 2 US citizens, over their links with women's rights activism

The targeted people did not voice out their opinions on social media. Reports suggest that their loose connections with certain individuals were what got under the radar of the Saudi government.

Apr 5, 2019

Earth Hour 2019: Tik Tok joins WWF to encourage players embrace sustainable lifestyle

Tik Tok in collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) kicks off Earth Hour 2019 campaign to encourage users to come up with creatives videos to share with friends and family make them realise how fragile the environment and protect it by embracing the minimalistic lifestyle.

Mar 29, 2019

Seth Rogen launches his own weed company Houseplant to instill public love for marijuana

The comedy mogul gets together with his friend, Evan Goldberg and opened their first weed company in Canada.

Mar 28, 2019

Young women from Myanmar trafficked to China, 'hired' to bear children and then forced out

The demand for these women has risen due to China's "one child policy" and illegal sex-selection, which has resulted in a dearth of women in the east Asian country. It has earlier been said that China has 33 million lesser women than men.

Mar 23, 2019

International Women's Day: Annie Lennox-Apple Music documentary highlights need for global feminism

The Global Feminism video created by Annie Lennox and Apple Music calls for global governments to bring policies to end violence against women, access to education for girls and several other initiatives.

Mar 8, 2019

Martyred CRPF jawan sent video to wife minutes before his death on February 14 [VIDEO]

Sukhjinder Singh, who was part of the 76 Battalion, had sent a video while travelling on a CRPF bus on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway.

Feb 23, 2019

Pulwama attack martyrs fund: Here's how to help families of departed CRPF jawans on Paytm

Indian citizens can help the families of departed CRPF soldiers by funding their children's education and well-being on Bharat Ke Veer, CRPF Wives Welfare Association fund on Paytm websites and mobile apps.

Feb 17, 2019

Bharat Ke Veer: Here's how you can help families of departed CRPF Jawans

Indian citizens can help the martyred family by funding their children's education and well-being through Bharat Ke Veer corpus fund website.

Feb 15, 2019