Human Rights

Maldives Water Crisis: Business Takes Hit as Water Shortage Enters Fourth Day

Business in Maldives, the honeymoon islands, is hard hit as the water crisis entered its fourth day on Monday.

Dec 8, 2014

Acid Attack Survivor Laxmi Thanks Mammootty for Sponsoring Her Treatment

Mammootty decided to sponsor Laxmi's treatment after watching her in Aamir Khan's Satyamev Jayathe.

Dec 5, 2014

Iran: Blogger Gets Death Sentence for Facebook Post 'Insulting Prophet of Islam'

Iranian Supreme Court upholds death sentence for blogger Soheil Arabi, drawing renewed attention to Iran's notorious human rights record

Dec 4, 2014

Man tortured his daughter's rapist with hot tongs before killing him

'I Burned His Genitals With Heated Tongs': Indian Father Describes How He Killed Daughter's Rapist

The man surrendered to the authorities in November after he tortured and killed his daughter's rapist.

Dec 3, 2014

Saudi woman Loujain Hathloul arrested for driving

Saudi Woman Arrested for Driving, Detained at UAE Border Overnight [VIDEO]

Saudi woman Loujain Hathloul, who tried to drive into Saudi Arabia in defiance of the driving ban against women, was arrested on Monday.

Dec 2, 2014

McDonald's Camera Footage Shows Tugce Albayrak Beaten to Death After Defending Minor Girls

Tugce Albayrak of Turkish origin was beaten to death near Frankfurt after she went to the aid two underage girls.

Dec 2, 2014

UN's World Food Programme is out of money to feed Syrian refugees

UN Runs Out of Money to Feed Syrian Refugees, Reveals Immediate Requirement of $64 million

United Nations World Food Programme has suspended its food voucher progamme that provides food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees

Dec 2, 2014

Blood, Organs Donated at Gujarat Wedding

More than 350 people donated blood in the most appropriate of wedding gifts that Dr Bhesania and his daughter could have asked for

Dec 2, 2014

Pope Francis Says Apocalypse Inevitable but Assures a Better Earth for Humanity

Pope Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics around the world, addressed one of the most intriguing questions of the world on Thanksgiving Day in St. Peter's Square – The Apocalypse.

Nov 29, 2014

Guantanamo Bay Torture: Obama Fails to End Bush's 'Sleep Deprivation' Technique

It also highlighted the problems of sexual abuse and rape, 'botched executions' and 'extreme heat exposure' in US prisons.

Nov 29, 2014

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Toxic Legacy Lives on, 30 Years After Industrial Disaster

On the night of December 2, 1984, the factory owned by Union Carbide Corp accidentally leaked cyanide gas into the air, killing thousands in Bhopal

Nov 29, 2014

Chinese Activists Go on Trial for Protesting Media Censorship; Lawyers Claim Human Rights Violation

Feixiong was not allowed outside his cell, while Desheng was reportedly forced to wear manacles and leg irons.

Nov 28, 2014

ISIS asks Ferguson protesters to join them

'Hey Blacks, ISIS will Save You': Islamic State Urges Ferguson Rioters to Join Them

ISIS is reaching out to the Ferguson protesters and promising them soldiers that do not sleep.

Nov 27, 2014

Propaganda video shows ISIS training children to be

Alarming ISIS Propaganda Video Shows Young Children being Trained as 'Next Generation Jihadis'

In the propaganda video, IS militants are seen training a group of children in to becoming the next generation Jihadis.

Nov 25, 2014

'Orange YOUR Neighbourhood': UN Launches Dramatic Campaign to End Violence against Women; 8 Facts to Know

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN has launched 'Orange your Neighborhood' campaign for 16 days.

Nov 25, 2014

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Human Rights

Maldives Water Crisis: Business Takes Hit as Water Shortage Enters Fourth Day

Acid Attack Survivor Laxmi Thanks Mammootty for Sponsoring Her Treatment

Iran: Blogger Gets Death Sentence for Facebook Post 'Insulting Prophet of Islam'

'I Burned His Genitals With Heated Tongs': Indian Father Describes How He Killed Daughter's Rapist

Saudi Woman Arrested for Driving, Detained at UAE Border Overnight [VIDEO]

McDonald's Camera Footage Shows Tugce Albayrak Beaten to Death After Defending Minor Girls

UN Runs Out of Money to Feed Syrian Refugees, Reveals Immediate Requirement of $64 million

Blood, Organs Donated at Gujarat Wedding

Pope Francis Says Apocalypse Inevitable but Assures a Better Earth for Humanity

Guantanamo Bay Torture: Obama Fails to End Bush's 'Sleep Deprivation' Technique

Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Toxic Legacy Lives on, 30 Years After Industrial Disaster

Chinese Activists Go on Trial for Protesting Media Censorship; Lawyers Claim Human Rights Violation

'Hey Blacks, ISIS will Save You': Islamic State Urges Ferguson Rioters to Join Them

Alarming ISIS Propaganda Video Shows Young Children being Trained as 'Next Generation Jihadis'

'Orange YOUR Neighbourhood': UN Launches Dramatic Campaign to End Violence against Women; 8 Facts to Know

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]