China Urged to Reform Rights-Abusing Laws
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) should reject or revise laws that undermine domestic and international human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to NPC Chairman Zhang Dejiang.…
Turkey Government Steamrolls Press Freedom: Amnesty
The government takeover of Zaman newspaper is the latest deeply troubling episode in the Turkish authorities’ ongoing onslaught on dissenting media, Amnesty International said Friday. According to the state news…
Is Narendra Modi Scared of Rahul Gandhi?
By Rakesh Raman Those who have seen the formidable image of India’s Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat would find it difficult to…
UN Peacekeepers Face Sexual Abuse Allegations
With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 – 69 of these in countries where peacekeeping operations are deployed – the Organization presented…
Can Kanhaiya Kumar Achieve Social Democracy for India?
Kanhaiya and his supporters can promote socialism or social democracy in India. But they will succeed only if their arguements are loaded with plenty of content and knowledge. By Rakesh…
Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its existing measures against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK),…