Thursday, 26 May, 2022
TopicHuman rights

Topic: human rights

Army’s human rights dept must be autonomous. Else, its head will just warm the chair in HQ

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Indian Army's creation of a human rights cell alone won't fix the systemic collapse of checks and balances that result in indiscipline and extreme violations.

Why Europe is finally waking up to Iran’s bad behaviour

Bobby Ghosh -
Europeans’ tendency to soft-pedal Iran’s appalling human-rights record is being challenged by revelations that the regime has been kidnapping its critics from foreign soil.

Laptops to phones, Cobalt demand is booming. Congolese miners need more protection

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly -
The Katanga region in Congo is home to more than half of the world’s cobalt resources. And more than 2 million Congolese miners depend on it for income.

Neo-nationalism defends Army’s rogue actions, but clean human rights record is key

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
The distinction between the govt and the military has got blurred, and neither is being held accountable for serious lapses with respect to national security.

Violation of law can’t be condoned under pretext of human rights, India tells UNHCHR chief

PTI -
The statement by MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava comes in response to UNHCHR chief Michelle Bachelet's comments over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists in India.

India using vaguely defined laws to stifle voices of activists, says UN human rights chief

Revathi Krishnan -
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet Bachelet urges Modi government to review the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act and to release people charged under UAPA.

Choice of work, education, better income needed for bondage survivors to remain free — study

Unnati Sharma -
The study involved 88 respondents, including children, who are survivors of human trafficking in UP and Bihar and have been reintegrated with help from NGOs.

Delhi has 75% more prisoners than capacity, 69% of all prisoners in India are undertrials

Aneesha Bedi -
According to a CHRI analysis of NCRB prisons data, India’s overall jail occupancy rate is 118.5%. In 8 states & UTs, this figure is over 150%.

Pakistan’s Imran govt is focussed on controlling pandemic now. Human rights can wait

Huma Yusuf -
The report of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan identifies state efforts to stifle dissent as a key trend of 2019 that involves clampdown on media freedoms.

7 Pakistani journalists killed, 60 booked under anti-terror & other laws in 2019: Report

Simrin Sirur -
The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has released a report showing that journalists were routinely subjected to “strict” forms of physical intimidation.
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News anchors Rahul Shiv Shankar, Arnab Goswami, Sweta Singh, Bhupendra Chaubey and Navika Kumar | Arindam Mukherjee/ThePrint

Why do anchors have all the fun? Because it’s prime time on Indian news TV

Shailaja Bajpai -
If only all reporters were given more respect and airtime, we would be looking forward to switching on our TV sets at the end of the day.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with U.S. President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Quad Summit, in Tokyo Tuesday | ANI

With Russia-China bombers, Quad has to be all for one and one for all. Nothing less will do

File photo of Taliban soldiers | ANI

Nothing has changed about Taliban, from terror to Sharia. Islamic world should pressure them

Economy

A petrol pump staffer refills fuel in a two-wheeler in New Delhi, on 29 March 2022 | ANI photo

Modi govt won’t borrow extra this year to fund tax cuts, inflation target to stay at 4%

Shubham Batra -
The cut in excise duty last week, coupled with an increase in fertiliser and food subsidies, is expected to cost the exchequer around Rs 3 lakh crore in the current financial year.

Defence

Naval helicopters | Representational image | indiannavy.nic.in

What’s Combined Military Forces-Bahrain? US-backed coalition India joined on Quad sidelines

Suchet Vir Singh -
India is 35th member of the maritime counterterrorism partnership that also includes Pakistan, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany and Greece, among others.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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