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Pakistan defeated GSP+ purpose, benefits under serious threat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan has defeated the purpose of GSP+ not only with regard to human and labour rights, but also in bringing equity in society at the cost of EU citizens and the government, reported Geo-politik.
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New approach required to solve single-use plastics problem in India
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Plastic waste has been one of the most significant environmental problems challenging humankind. Experts have realised that conventional plastics, which takes several hundred years to degrade are a critical ecological hazard. As per the United Nati
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Asylum decisions up by 40 per cent in 2022 in EU
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Among the 384,245 asylum seekers who were granted protection status in 2022 in the EU, 44 per cent received refugee status, 31 per cent were given subsidiary protection, and 25 per cent received humanitarian protection. Compared with 2021, the number of refugee status granted increased by 22
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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban's ban on women working for
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled back a wide range of human rights of women and girls, including a ban on attending high school and university, restrictions on movement and work, and in December, a decree banning female nationals from working from most NGOs.
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533 Pakistanis were killed in terror attacks in 2022: Human rights report
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the flagship annual report on the state of human rights in the country, the data revealed that most of the cases of disappearance are from Balochistan (2115) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3369).
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Foreign delegates applaud India's healthcare infrastructure, professionals
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The visiting delegates of the 'One Earth, One Health: Advantage Healthcare India 2023', a G20 co-branded event, appreciated and applauded India's quality healthcare infrastructure and human resources, including Solamian Health Minister Ali Haji Adam Abubakar.
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UN rights body calls for end of hostilities in residential areas of Sudan
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday raised concerns over the ongoing violence in Sudan and said that the hostilities should end from the residential areas of Sudan.
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China has military-civil fusion strategy, advanced technologies can be use
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Amid US efforts to clamp down on China's access to advanced technologies that could be used for military purposes, a senior Biden administration official has said that Beijing has a "military-civil fusion strategy" which makes it very difficult for companies to know end users and really adva
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Arrest of Thai woman involved in illegal surrogacy sends Thai govt into a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Thai woman, identified as Nawaporn Pakiatsakun was originally a Chinese national. She got married to a Thai man to gain Thai citizenship in order to facilitate her crimes.
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Swat re-emerges as a terror target, Pak security questioned
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In February 2023, an ill-fated boat crashed near an Italian coastal town killing 60 people including a large number of Pakistanis. The ship was taking a treacherous route carrying both smugglers and migrants packed tightly with few food supplies and no toilet facilities. Trying their luck Pa
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Political instability in Pakistan increased crime: HRCP
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to the HRCP, incidents of violence against religious minorities and transgenders, blasphemy cases and incitement have also increased. The HRCP released these details in a report on the human rights situation in Pakistan in 2022 released on Wednesday.
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Violence against minorities in Pakistan on rise, reports Human Rights Comm
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In its flagship annual report State of Human Rights in 2022, released earlier today, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the political and economic turmoil of last year, both of which have had a serious impact on the human rights situation.
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