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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicHuman rights

Topic: human rights

From Manipur to concerns about autonomy, why India’s human rights watchdog NHRC faces downgrade

India may lose its voting rights in key human rights forums as NHRC’s ‘A’ status hangs in balance. NHRC has lodged a formal challenge under GANHRI’s internal appeal process.

Human rights advocates criticise China for torturing writer & journalist, suppressing dissent

Chinese Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been in detention for 6 yrs. Journalist Zhang Zhan was jailed for 4 yrs for reporting on COVID-19 outbreak, released & arrested again in 2024.

‘Pakistanis can’t take a joke’—Anwar Maqsood’s comment on Navy raises demand of his ban

'You will find illegitimate children everywhere in the world, but you’ll only find an illegitimate government in Pakistan,' said the 85-year-old satirist at a college event in Karachi.

India hosts Human Rights capacity building program

Participants included National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in eight Global South countries namely Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Jordan.

British Embassy seeks bid for research on mining, human rights in Peru

The UK aims to promote sustainable practices with a £60K project.

UK raises concerns over human rights violations in Sri Lanka

UK's statement at the 57th Human Rights Council reiterated need for the Sri Lankan govt to build a conducive environment for for meaningful reconciliations and transitional justice.

Pakistan human rights watchdog chief detained, released. People say ‘law of jungle’

HRCP chairman Asad Iqbal Butt was allegedly harassed about participating in the Baloch National Gathering and told to stay away from the issue of enforced disappearances.

National human rights body calls for scrutiny of Amazon warehouse labour practices

Media reported this month that workers in the e-commerce giant's Manesar warehouse complained of a lack of water and toilet breaks as they were under pressure to achieve packaging targets.

Manipur conflict, Nijjar murder, hurdles before Oppn — US report flags ‘human rights issues’ in India

Annual Human Rights Assessment published by US state dept noted multiple incidents, specially mentioning Siddique Karappan and Umar Khalid as those who were arbitrarily arrested.

Pakistani government rarely took steps against human rights abuses, says US report

The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices says that human rights organisations claimed that govt agents continued policy of 'kill and dump' in Balochistan.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.