Human Rights

Will FIFA save Hakeem al-Araibi? Bahraini footballer fears being tortured and killed

FIFA has finally intervened to save Hakeem who is in a Thai prison for 2 months. The footballer fears being deported to Bahrain where he might be tortured and killed.

Jan 25, 2019

Sarfraz Ahmed follows Hardik Pandya's route; Twitter wants ban on 'racist' Pakistani captain

Sarfraz Khan was caught using racist comments on the stump microphone and social media is crying out for his punishment.

Jan 23, 2019

A local man carries an old Rohingya refugee woman as she is unable to walk after crossing the border, in Teknaf, Bangladesh

Rohingya crisis: 7 dead in Independence day shooting by Buddhist army

Rakhine was where a brutal military-led crackdown in 2017 drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into bordering Bangladesh.

Jan 4, 2019

India set to deport second Rohingya refugee group to Myanmar

Guwahati Police took a Rohingya Muslim family of five to the border by bus, readying to deport them to neighbouring Myanmar as the second such group expelled in four months during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Jan 3, 2019

Food aid being stolen in Houthi-controlled areas: UN

"This conduct amounts to the stealing of food from the mouths of hungry people," said UN World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley.

Jan 1, 2019

Saudi Arabia employs Darfur children in Yemen war - Report

The report says children make up at least 20 percent of the units at the front-line of the Saudi-Houthi war.

Dec 31, 2018

Computer 'snooping' order stirs up fears of mass surveillance

Govt denies scope for abuse of powers but some experts fear arbitrary use for purposes other than national security

Dec 22, 2018

Wives of China's lawyers and activists go bald to protest husbands' unexplained persecution

Explaining that the country was "lawless" and that the government was targeting citizens, the women also attempted to enter a Beijing court aiming to submit a petition against the indefinite arrest of their husbands.

Dec 18, 2018

India's death penalty problem: Speed up executions or rethink on judicial murder?

Should the death row convicts be sent to the gallows faster? Should they rather be allowed to rot in the cells awaiting death? Should we convict more criminals to death? Or should India abolish death penalty altogether?

Dec 13, 2018

The theme for the Human Rights Day 2014 is

Human rights violation rampant in India: Activists

Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10, as the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on this day in 1948.

Dec 8, 2018

Thousands of women from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam trafficked and sold as brides in China

While many of these women cross over to China and marry the men unwillingly, others are tricked and trafficked into the East Asian nation. Many of these women are reportedly also forced to have children for the men.

Dec 8, 2018

China has detained 'over 2 million' ethnic Muslims in concentration camps

Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of the Human Right Democracy and Labor, that the detainees have not been charged for any kind of crimes — some don't even know why they have been detained — and their families have no clue of their whereabouts.

Dec 7, 2018

Apple, RED, Global Fund, AIDS, HIV, Worlds AIDS Day, 2018

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Human Rights

Will FIFA save Hakeem al-Araibi? Bahraini footballer fears being tortured and killed

Sarfraz Ahmed follows Hardik Pandya's route; Twitter wants ban on 'racist' Pakistani captain

Rohingya crisis: 7 dead in Independence day shooting by Buddhist army

India set to deport second Rohingya refugee group to Myanmar

Food aid being stolen in Houthi-controlled areas: UN

Saudi Arabia employs Darfur children in Yemen war - Report

Computer 'snooping' order stirs up fears of mass surveillance

Wives of China's lawyers and activists go bald to protest husbands' unexplained persecution

India's death penalty problem: Speed up executions or rethink on judicial murder?

Human rights violation rampant in India: Activists

Thousands of women from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam trafficked and sold as brides in China

China has detained 'over 2 million' ethnic Muslims in concentration camps

World AIDS Day 2018: Here's what Apple and (RED) are doing to fight HIV in Africa

Myanmar seizes boat carrying 93 fleeing Rohingya camps for Malaysia

Shahid Afridi clarifies his 'Pakistan doesn't want Kashmir' statement

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]