Dutch Court Stops Government Attempts to Spy on the Poor: UN Expert
The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, applauded a landmark ruling by the District Court of the Hague in The Netherlands on February 5. The…
Amnesty to Modi: Stop Using Violence Against Peaceful Protesters
Global human rights organization Amnesty International has advised Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi of India to allow peaceful protests against the new citizenship law, which aims to persecute Muslims. According…
Clean Air Is a Human Right: UN Environment Programme
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 23 per cent of all deaths worldwide—a total of 12.6 million people in 2012—are exposed to environmental risks. Low- and middle-income countries bear…
EVM Fraud Reported in Delhi Election to Help BJP Win
As most voters emphatically demand all Indian elections to be conducted on paper ballots, it is said that for the fear of being caught BJP is manipulating EVMs selectively in…
U.S. Presidential Candidates Urged to Focus on Climate Action
As President Trump and Democratic presidential candidates have failed to address climate emergency, Build A Movement 2020 – a cross-partisan mobilization – demands the next U.S. president to lead “Climate…
Delhi Election: Serious Criminal Cases Against 104 Candidates
As it was expected, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has the highest number of 36 nominees with serious charges against them. By Rakesh Raman Election…