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TopicHuman rights violations

Topic: human rights violations

EU report flags disappearances in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan; warns Pakistan trade benefits at risk

Report says ensuring accountability for human rights violations is among key priorities of future engagement. Pakistan is EU’s largest Generalised System of Preferences beneficiary.

Pakistan must be held accountable for ‘horrific human rights violations’: India after 10 killed in PoJK

Recent protests have seen Pakistan-occupied J&K face communications, Internet blackout. Pakistan govt has sent delegation to negotiate with protesters.

Indian govt took ‘minimal credible steps’ on human rights abuses, says US State Dept report

Transnational repression, concerns about press freedom and arbitrary detentions are mentioned in the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

‘Abuse’ by UK troops in Kenya, the new ‘surprise’ Dutch PM & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

‘Govt impunity, curbs on internet freedom, overburdened courts’ — US human rights report slams India again

Issues highlighted in US Dept of State's latest document for 2022 largely similar to those cited in previous report. Release of Bilkis Bano convicts, marital rape also find mention.

Biden administration avoids all chances to criticise Modi govt on human rights, says Politico

New Delhi: The Biden administration foregoes every opportunity to criticise the Narendra Modi government in India, argues US-based publication Politico. In the article, Politico's senior foreign...

NHRC appoints retired IAS, IPS as ‘rapporteurs’ in all states, to serve as its ‘eyes & ears’

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), it is learnt, has appointed retired IAS and IPS officers as ‘special rapporteurs’ across all states/Union...

NHRC chief HL Dattu will quit office this year. With him, the rights body must wind up too

NHRC has selectively issued notices, carefully kept Modi government out of its glare, and left the poor to be tortured by the apathy of the administration.

Foreign media images seem doctored, haven’t tortured anyone in Kashmir: Indian Army chief

If any victim comes forward, I will personally order a full-fledged probe, Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat tells ThePrint in an exclusive interview.

Why people with good looks view sex differently than others

Good-looking people on average have more sexual opportunities and partners, enjoy larger benefits when it comes to romance.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.