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.
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.
Resolution pushed by Bernie Sanders would have frozen security aid to Israel unless report was produced in 30 days. Senate rejected proposal in 72-11 vote.
'Stellenbosch Draft' draft seeks to 'reiterate' importance of 'independent & competent' legal system. Expert panel included Indian lawyers Major Navdeep Singh (retd) and Aishwarya Bhati.
Ghassan Abdallah, 81, moved to Palestinian city of Ramallah in 1994, hoping peace would prevail. Now, he feels there's hardly any hope of Palestinian state amid Israel-Hamas war.
In advisory to states & UTs, rights panel gives 32 suggestions for welfare of trans people, from free education & scholarship provisions to sensitising families.
It is the first time the 16-year-old UNHRC has been mandated to examine the record of one of its so-called ‘P5’ members, which hold permanent seats on the Security Council.
US hopes for closer ties with the world's largest democracy, which it sees as a counterweight to China, but rights advocates worry that geopolitics will overshadow human rights issues.
The Internet Shutdown Tracker reveals that there were a total of 58 internet disruptions in these 14 countries during or after the adoption of the resolution.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
most of it true, but the report should also mention the extra judicial killing of Palestinians in west bank. If the report fails to do so, then as always, one cannot trust the Americans to be honest.
They see what they want to see. They start with opinions and as usual only find what they want to find.
Maulik: The report is about India not West Bank.
most of it true, but the report should also mention the extra judicial killing of Palestinians in west bank. If the report fails to do so, then as always, one cannot trust the Americans to be honest.
They see what they want to see. They start with opinions and as usual only find what they want to find.