Human Rights

Personal Political: Eerie Silence

The trauma of Kashmir in the larger context of the fight for democracy and human rights.

5 years ago

Bid to arrest Modi in South Africa over ‘Kashmir’ rejected

A petition filed by many civil society organisations in South Africa to arrest Indian PM Narendra Modi for misgovernance in…

6 years ago

In Cox Bazaar there is a drinking water shortage

In the Rohingya refugee camps the ground water is drying up and there is no clean drinking water left causing…

7 years ago

‘Turkey still recovering from last year’s coup attempt’

Recounting the one-year period that has passed since the coup attempt took place, the Turkish Ambassador said that 300 institutions…

7 years ago

Three Rohingya Killed by Security forces in Myanmar

Myanmar security forces are engaged in a ‘clearance operation’ in the Rakhine State Myanmar security forces killed three people while…

7 years ago

Indira Jaising to lead UN probe into Rohingya crackdown

Indian Human Rights lawyer Indira Jaising leads the UN Human Rights fact-finding mission to better understand the violence. In the…

7 years ago

Taiwan becomes first Asian country to Constitutionally Legalise Same Sex Marriage

Reuters Taiwan’s constitutional court declared today that same-sex couples have the right to legally marry, the first such ruling in…

7 years ago