Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"

Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial...

'Unity essential in face of Taliban violations of women's rights'

On Friday, the UN's Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva addressed the Security Council in a...

NHRC hears 200 cases of human rights violation in Maharashtra

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday concluded its two-day camp sitting at Mumbai, organized to...

Canada sanctions Sri Lanka ex-presidents Rajapaksa

Canada has imposed sanctions against four Sri Lankan state officials including former Presidents Gotabaya...

Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts

Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting...

'UNSC resolution not strong enough on rights violations'

In response to the adoption of the Security Council's first resolution on Myanmar since the military unleashed a...

Yearender 2022: China's fall from grace

China had been praised worldwide for lifting up its 60 per cent of population out of poverty, however, 2022 marks...

Civil Society Committee to visit WB

A Civil society committee comprising a retired judge, Former IPS, a Jjist, and eminent Lawyers as its members has...

BJP dismisses BRS' allegations of human rights violation

Telangana state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar refuted the allegations made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC and...

Baloch students hold protest against human rights violations

Taking to Twitter, Sayed Baloch, a member of Baloch Students Council Islamabad said, "@BSCIslamabad conducted a...

Former head of Tibetan govt in exile pays visit to Japan

Sangay, who served as Sikyong of the CTA from 2012 to 2021, said the establishment and announcement of the...

China rejects UK report on its human rights abuses

In a report titled, "Human Rights and Democracy,", the British foreign office said the human rights situation in...