United Nations, Late lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir has been awarded the UN Human Rights Prize for 2018. Her daughter Munizae Jahangir received the prestigious award on behalf of her mother. The award is given to individuals and organisations in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights. Asma[Read More…]
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Human Rights Day: Stand for your rights, and for those of others
Human Rights Day is commemorated every year all over the world on December 10. It was first announced to be celebrated every year by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10 in the year 1948. Human rights day was officially established in the meeting of United Nations General Assembly[Read More…]
Pakistani activist Asma Jahangir honoured with UN Human Rights Prize posthumously
The United Nations announced to posthumously award the Asma Jahangir with the Human Rights Award 2018. Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir will be receiving the award on December 10. United Nations also announced the names of other recipients of the Human rights Prize for 2018 that includes Tanzanian activist Rebeca Gyumi,[Read More…]
Owaisi’s MIM backs Centre over UN human rights report
Hyderabad: Rejecting the United Nations report on alleged human rights vioaltions in the Kashmir Valley, the MIM has said that the world body has no right to interfere in the internal matters of India, but also dubbed the report as diplomatic failure of the Centre. Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) chief Asaduddin[Read More…]
UN blames Facebook for spreading hate speech against Rohingya
Geneva: The UN human rights experts have blamed Facebook for playing a key role in spreading hate speech against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Marzuki Darusman, Chairman of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, said on Monday that the social media platform had played a “determining role” in Myanmar.[Read More…]
Government manipulation on social media increasing: Report
Governments around the world have drastically increased their attempts to manipulate information being shared on social media networks, contributing to a seventh consecutive year of decline in internet freedom, a global report said. In its annual report released late Monday, the Washington-based Freedom House said that manipulation and disinformation tactics[Read More…]
Jammu & Kashmir: SHRC asks Rs 10 lakh as compensation for human shield victim Farooq Dar
The chairman of States Human Rights Commission Justice Bilal Nazki on Monday directed the state government of Jammu and Kashmir to provide Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the Human Shield sufferer Farooq Ahmed Dar. This Kashmiri civilian was allegedly used as human shield by the army of the state[Read More…]
In protest against mob-lynching, social activist Shabnam Hashmi returns National Minority Rights Award
At a time when mob-lynching is claiming the lives of the innocent, social activist Shabnam Hashmi returned the National Minority Rights Award on Tuesday. She returned her award in protest against the ongoing trend of mob-lynching which has recently resulted in the death of a Muslim teenager in Delhi. Hashmi[Read More…]
Protest in Delhi seeking ban on cow vigilantes
Suspected US drone kills 7 in Pak
‘Why are rights activists silent?’
China bans Muslim names like Hajj, Saddam, Medina for babies in Xinjiang
Chinese authorities have banned certain Islamic baby names in Xinjiang province, country’s largest Muslim province. A document entitled “Naming Rules for Ethnic Minorities” prohibits names used by Muslim parents around the world including Imam, Hajj, Islam, Quran, Saddam, Medina and Islam, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. Any babies with “overly[Read More…]
Anti-torturer law a matter of national interest: SC
Goons attack activist Bela Bhatia’s home in Chattisgarh
Tribal activist Bela Bhatia was allegedly threatened by goons at her residence in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, on Monday. The goons have allegedly asked her to leave Jagdalpur within 24 hours. According to local media, around 20 to 30 goons, who came in an SUV and several bikes, told Bhatia that her[Read More…]
Police custody deaths go unpunished in India, says Human Rights Watch
The Human Rights Watch on Monday said the police in India are torturing suspects to death in custody with impunity and blaming suicide or natural causes. The rights group said a failure to follow proper arrest procedures, such as presenting a suspect before a magistrate within 24 hours, was allowing[Read More…]
EU ‘extremely troubled’ by China’s human rights violation
Chinese human rights situation has ‘extremely troubled’ the European Union, which on Friday has called for the immediate release of wrongly detained individuals, reported Reuters. “During the past year, we have been extremely troubled about the deterioration of the situation with respect to freedom of expression and association,” it said[Read More…]
Human rights violation by security forces a serious matter: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its concern over “grave human rights violations” in insurgency hit Kashmir and Manipur after the government stoutly defending the role of security forces in both these states. “It is not the Line of Control (LoC) but the heart of the cities like Imphal, is[Read More…]