Human Rights

Man wins $390,000 in gender discrimination lawsuit

An Austrian man has won $390,000 in compensation after he was discriminated against on the basis of his gender. Transport ministry official Peter Franzmayr was found to be more qualified for a managerial role than Ursula Zechner, who got the job.

Mar 21, 2018

Women's Day 2018: Apple shares first insight on their pro-women measures in India

Apple India has collaborated with St John's National Academy of Health Sciences to impart health education, early cancer detection for women in Bengaluru.

Mar 8, 2018

Man wanted to divorce wife because of her 'inability to cook tasty food', courts thought otherwise

The Bombay High court has upheld a family court's order that dismissed the divorce petition of a man who alleged that his wife did not cook well for the family and abused his parents.

Mar 3, 2018

Mike Pence believes abortions will end in our time

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence believes that there will be an end to legal abortion in our time. Pence, a strong anti-abortion advocate, was speaking at a anti-abortion organizations luncheon in Nashville, Tennessee.

Feb 28, 2018

Was Google wrong in firing Tim Chevalier? Axed transgender engineer thinks so, sues the company

Tim Chevalier thought he was right in using extreme campaign methods to highlight the disparity in the company and Google thought the employee's actions were against office decorum and fired him.

Feb 23, 2018

Amnesty accuses President Trump of human rights violations

Human rights organization Amnesty International has provided a scathing review of human rights worldwide in its annual report.The report mentions Donald Trump alongside leaders of Russia, China, Egypt, the Philippines and Venezuela as violating human rights.

Feb 22, 2018

Congolese refugees march out of camp in protest at food cuts

Around 2,000 people from the 17,000-stong Karongi camp in Western Rwanda marched out of the camp on February 20 to protest reduced food rations at their camp.

Feb 22, 2018

Man detained after going through legal means to get Green card

On Jan, 31 Jose Ivan Nuñez was attending a meeting to receive his green card when he was unexpectedly detained by ICE agents. His husband spoke at a press conference organized in association with Juntos, an organisation in Philadelphia fighting for the human rights of the Latino immigrant community.They are demanding he is freed from detention and fear his life would be in danger if he returned to Mexico due to his sexuality. 

Feb 21, 2018

Iraq frames plans to deal with ISIS families: Amendment made to 1980 law to accommodate their children

Shia al-Sudani, the Iraqi minister of Labor and Social Affairs, believes that the ISIS children 'had no fault in what happened.'

Feb 19, 2018

Remembering Susan B Anthony, an icon of the womens suffrage movement

Womens rights leader Susan B. Anthony was the first woman printed on the  U.S. dollar coin. She is considered an icon of the womens suffrage movement and helped pave the way for a womans right to vote.

Feb 15, 2018

Burka, niqab ban likely in Denmark: Bill proposes hefty fine for violators

The Danish government is considering a ban on face-covering attires like burka and niqab in public places.

Feb 7, 2018

Digital Citizenship: Google to enlighten Indian students on Internet safety and ethical social media usage

With Digital Citizenship program, Google in collaboration with NCERT will teach students about basics of the Internet, how to seek information, social media ethics and how to avoid illegal sites.

Feb 7, 2018

Kulbhushan Jadhav on another trial for 'sabotage and terrorism' in Pakistan: Report

A source in New Delhi told Pakistan daily Dawn that the list of 13 Indian officials Pakistan sought access to included India's national security advisor Ajit Doval and a former RAW chief.

Feb 7, 2018

NIA arrests Kerala man who 'tried to sell wife' to ISIS in Syria

According to an NIA officer, Rasheed was nabbed at the Chennai airport when he arrived there from Jeddah.

Feb 3, 2018

Dinner party with a difference - meet the refugee speaking the universal language of food

Crowded round a kitchen table in North London a group of strangers listen intently to chef Majeda Khouri proudly explain the diversity of food from her home country, Syria.Khouri is a Syrian refugee, living in London. She is part of social enterprise Migrateful. A program that trains asylum seekers, refugees and migrants to lead cooking classes, helping them practice their English language skills and enhance their integration.But this is only the beginning, Khouri explains how shes using the universal language of food to share her message.

Feb 3, 2018