Opinion divided on including transgenders in OBC list

The recent announcement by Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to include the transgender community of the state...

Afghan women's rights activists call on hunger strike

Women rights activists along with other women have initiated a hunger strike to bring the issues regarding global...

Chinese human rights lawyer tries to flee overseas, held in Laos

Lu Siwei, who belonged to a rare and increasingly besieged group that took sensitive cases to defend rights...

UKPNP highlights the poor state of affairs in PoK

The speakers also discussed the denial of basic facilities and human rights, economic hardships, political...

Diljit Dosanjh's film on Jaswant Singh Khalra getting new title

Diljit Dosanjh's film on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s life has got a new title.

“What is need for all such hatred?” Irom Sharmila on Manipur

Days after a video of alleged sexual violence in Manipur, purportedly showing two women being paraded naked, went...

'70 years of systematic brainwashing has changed outlook of Pak'

Rubina Greenwood, a human rights activist and chairperson of World Sindhi Congress, in an exclusive interview to...

Activists raise concern over persecution of ethnic minorities

They raised concern over the gross human rights violations committed by Pakistan against Baloch, Sindhi and the...

Amnesty urges Taliban to release educationist Matiullah Wesa

Amnesty International has called on Afghanistan's de facto authorities to release Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan...

Vibhas Sen, Jhatkaa.org come together for inclusion of disability

New Delhi [India], June 28: Paralympic fencer and disability rights activist, Vibhas Sen, has joined forces with...

PoK returns to stone age as basic amenities become distant dream

The residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, who are living in the absence of basic facilities like hospital, and...

Pakistan: Christian youth sentenced to death for blasphemy

A local court in Bahawalpur sent shockwaves across Pakistan after sentencing a 22-year-old Christian youth, Noman...