Home » human rights

You Searched For "Human Rights"

Private parts of inmates checked in beggar home, says Swati Maliwal

According to the DCW, Ms Maliwal met an Uzbek woman at the home who alleged molestation by an FRRO officer.

6 Jan 2017 2:11 AM IST

(Representational Image: AP)

Curbs on religious freedom among rights problems in India: US

Other human rights problems included disappearances, hazardous prison condition and delay in justice due to court...

4 March 2017 3:44 PM IST

With a mammoth size of the NGO sector, it is impossible for the state to effectively monitor and supervise these.

The malaise in India's NGO sector

The idea that NGOs constitute a middle space between the public sector on the one hand and the private sector on the...

28 July 2017 1:50 AM IST

The presidents address was the centrepiece of his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, his first overseas trip since his January swearing-in. (Photo: AP)

Note here to lecture Mideast rulers on human rights: Trump in Saudi...

Standing before dozens of regional leaders on Sunday, Trump said Islam was one of the world's great faiths.'

22 May 2017 9:05 AM IST

Syrian citizens and civil defense workers gathering next of burning car at the explosion scene, in Azaz town, north Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

US air strike kills 80 relatives of ISIS terrorists, incuding 33...

The latest strike came as the UN urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to distinguish between civilian and...

26 May 2017 7:29 PM IST

Representational image

Pakistan set to get Hindu Marriage Bill

Christians, the other main religious minority, have a British law dating back to 1870 regulating their marriages.

3 Jan 2017 7:21 AM IST

Leading by experience

In conversation with US diplomat Susan Tuller, Deputy Consular Chief in Chennai on her learning whilst living and...

15 March 2017 2:49 AM IST

Yousafzai was shot by Taliban fighters in 2012 but miraculously survived. (Photo: AP)

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala offered place at UK university

The 19-year-old, currently preparing for her A-Levels at a girls' school in Birmingham, didn't reveal with University...

13 March 2017 8:14 AM IST

Turkey has also detained or expelled foreign correspondents for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Die Welt, and the French website Les Jours. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Turkish journalists and opposition protest against detention of...

According to journalists' associations, about 170 media outlets have been closed and nearly 800 press cards cancelled.

11 March 2017 8:45 PM IST

Clooney expressed frustration that nothing has happened since she came to the UN six months ago seeking accountability for victims of the Islamic State group, also known by the acronym ISIS and the Arab name Daesh. (Photo: AP)

Don't let ISIS get away with genocide: Amal Clooney

Killing ISIS on the battlefield is not enough, we must kill the idea behind ISIS by exposing the brutality, she said.

10 March 2017 10:31 AM IST

Arkansas wants to carry out the sentences before its supply of an execution drug expires May 1. (Photo: Pixabay)

US: Judge to consider Arkansas' plan to execute 7 in 11 days

Judge Kristine Baker must rule whether the execution of the prisoners would violate their rights and their access to the...

10 April 2017 12:38 PM IST

Syrian citizens and civil defense workers gathering next of burning car at the explosion scene, in Azaz town, north Syria. (Photo: Representational/ AP)

Syria: 19 including rebel fighters dead in blast

Syrian forces have been occasionally accused of planting explosives to target opposition fighters.

2 Jun 2017 12:28 PM IST