Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: Human rights

“Intractable challenges, but solutions can still be found.” UN rights chief on Human Rights Day

Just ahead of Human Rights Day on Saturday 10 December, the UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights insisted that despite so many seemingly “intractable” crises around the world, solutions can still be found.

Qatar: “Small Country” with big allies, bigger ambitions

"The appearance of the capital, Doha, suggested the aftermath of an air raid as unoccupied and even occupied houses crumbled into decay. In the...

COP27: how young climate activists are changing international human rights law

Aoife Daly, University College Cork World leaders and climate scientists aren’t the only ones who have gathered in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the latest...

Countries urged India to improve its human rights record at UN

United Nations member states have urged India to take a tougher stand on religious discrimination and sexual violence as they raised India’s human rights record during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).

Minorities attacked throughout 2021 in India: US report

The United States State Department in its annual report to the Congress on international religious freedom has found that in India in 2021 attack on members of the minority communities occurred throughout the year.

“CCTV camera captures footage of toilet”: GN Saibaba threatens hunger strike in jail

Former Delhi University English professor GN Saibaba, convicted of Maoist links, has threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike till death to protest the installation of CCTV cameras just outside his Anda cell of Nagpur central jail.