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Saudi court resumes high-profile trial of women activists
Riyadh: Eleven Saudi women’s rights activists were due back in court Wednesday in a trial that…
US condemns Brunei’s anti-LGBTQ laws
Washington: The United States has condemned Brunei’s recent decision to clamp down on the LGBT…
Jadhav’s detention unlawful, set him free: India
THE HAUGE: Against the backdrop of the Pulwama terror attack, India battled Pakistan in the Internat…
Qatar says committed to labour reform after Amnesty criticism
Doha: Qatar said Wednesday it is committed to labour reform following an Amnesty International repor…
China hands 4.5 year prison sentence to human rights lawyer
Tianjin: A court here sentenced human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in priso…
Detained Saudi human rights lawyer freed: campaigners
Riyadh: Saudi authorities have released a prominent human rights lawyer seven months after he was de…
TDH & RMI multi- stakeholder intervention in India gets UN Recognition
New Delhi: Working in collaboration, Terre des Hommes (TDH) and the Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI…
Late rights activist Asma Jahangir wins UN Human Rights Prize for 2018
United Nations: Late lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir has been awarded the UN Human Ri…
UN passes resolution condemning N Korea’s human rights violations
New York: The United Nations (UN) has condemned the “gross violation of human rights” in…
‘Terrorism and international isolation threat to Pak’
Washington-: The former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani opened the two-day …
Will pass triple talaq bill, says confident PM Modi at NHRC event
NEW DELHI: Marking the 25th anniversary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prime Minist…
Pakistani teen, boyfriend beheaded by father for ‘honour’
Islamabad: An 18-year-old girl was beheaded along with her 21-year-old boyfriend in Pakistan by her …
UN slams India along with 37 others for reprisals against human rights
The UN listed 38 “shameful” countries including India, China and Russia in which it said had carried…
India regrets UN human rights commissioner’s remarks on Kashmir
United Nations Human Rights Commission or UNHRC, Michelle Bachelet, High Commissioner for Human Righ…
Palestinians file new complaint against Israel
Ramallah: Palestinians have raised a new submission against Israel at the International Criminal Cou…
UAE violating human rights, NGOs gathered at Geneva
Geneva: Demanding UAE to comply with international standards with regards to human rights, the Human…
Sikhs in Peshawar hold anti-Pakistan protests
Peshawar: The anger is simmering across the region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as people have taken to str…
Iraq executes 13 terror convicts
Baghdad: Iraq said it has executed 13 convicted prisoners over charges of terrorism, despite interna…
UKPNP activists highlight human rights violations in PoK
Geneva [Switzerland]: Activists of the United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) has high…