Human Rights

Europe survives 'year of hell'; but worse expected to come in 2016

If Britons vote to leave the bloc, next year could be worse.

Dec 20, 2015

Gurgaon hospital refuses to hand over child's body until bill paid

The mother, a domestic help, was asked to pay Rs.4.5 lakh for treatment.

Dec 18, 2015

Quality of food served in schools under mid-day meal scheme poor: CAG

The scheme is currently operational in 27 states and seven union territories.

Dec 18, 2015

Politics of cow hit cattle traders hard at Asia's largest Sonpur cattle fair

Traders are at their wits' end over the drastic fall of their business at Sonpur.

Dec 17, 2015

Delhi gang rape: Parents of victim oppose move to release juvenile

The victim's father Badrinath said he will continue his fight to seek justice for his daughter.

Dec 16, 2015

China calls for internet sovereignty to curb cyberspace arms race, hacking

Internet sovereignty must rest in the hands of nations controlling the flow of information, Xi Jinping said.

Dec 16, 2015

Call to bring South Sudan commanders recruiting child soldiers to justice

UN says 16,000 children have joined armed groups since South Sudan's civil war erupted two years ago.

Dec 16, 2015

Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo Bay inmate describes torture methods

The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay described some of the interrogation techniques he was subjected to at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, in an interview with ITV News on 13 December. Shaker Aamer, a Saudi national married to a Briton, was suspected by US authorities of being an Islamist militant associated with al Qaeda but was never charged with any crime. He was released in October after 13 years detention at Guantanamo and has since returned to Britain.

Dec 15, 2015

Supermarkets, restaurants worldwide admit to using slave labour-processed seafood

Forced labourers worked 16 hours in the shrimp peeling factory to supply the market.

Dec 15, 2015

Strategic prosecutions to end modern-day slavery by changing company, government policies: Experts

Strategic litigation was successfully used to help end the British slave trade 250 years ago.

Dec 15, 2015

Mosques in US step up security in the wake of shrill anti-Muslim rhetoric

Muslims fear an anti-Islamic backlash at mosques and community centers.

Dec 14, 2015

Shaker Aamer: Guantanamo prisoner says UK police witnessed his torture

The last British resident to be held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay has told media that British security officers witnessed him being tortured by American soldiers at Bagram air base in Afghanistan.

Dec 14, 2015