Human Rights
Rights group files criminal complaint with Singapore; demands arrest of Gotabaya Rajapaksa for war crimes
Singapore/Johannesburg, Jul 24 (PTI) A South Africa-based human rights group has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore, demanding the arrest of Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role…
Nearly 40,000 people from Myanmar currently displaced in neighbouring India and Thailand: UN spokesperson
United Nations, Jun 2 (PTI) Nearly 40,000 people from Myanmar are currently displaced in neighbouring India and Thailand since the military coup in the Southeast Asian nation in February last…
Lanka’s rights body delays summoning ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa over attacks on protesters
Colombo, Jun 1 (PTI) Sri Lanka's top human rights body has decided to delay summoning former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ask him to appear before it after obtaining statements…
US concerned over China’s efforts to restrict, manipulate UNHR Chief visit to Xinjiang: Blinken
Beijing, May 29 (PTI) The US has expressed concern over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipulate” the just-concluded visit of UNHRC chief, Michelle Bachelet to the volatile Xinjiang province to…
India criticises OIC-IPHRC for comments on court ruling on Yasin Malik
New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) India on Friday described as "unacceptable" the comments made by OIC-IPHRC (Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission) criticising New Delhi for the court ruling against Kashmiri…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa under fire for imposing emergency
Colombo, May 7 (PTI) Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has faced flak from the Opposition and foreign envoys for his decision to impose a state of emergency for a…
Turkish philanthropist Kavala jailed for life, activists protest
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole on Monday after he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests,…
Hounding Russia in the United Nations
The United States managed to get a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly expelling the Russian Federation from the Human Rights Council. Ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the…
By Dilip Sinha
Thousands of civilians in Mariupol may have died in past month – UN tells Reuters
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians may have died in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine since bombing began four weeks ago, the head…
UN rights office says evidence growing of Mariupol mass graves
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. human rights team in Ukraine said on Friday that monitors had received more information about mass graves in the besieged…
Pakistan at Crossroads – Need for a Paradigm Shift in Human Rights
At the stroke of midnight on the eve of 15th August 1947, the erstwhile British India was partitioned into two independent domains: the Dominion of India and the Dominion of…
By Irfan Ali Thanvi
UN rights office says it has credible reports of Russian cluster bomb use in Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster munitions in populated areas in Ukraine, adding…
