New Initiative to Protect Girls from Child Marriage
A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to end child marriage will help protect the rights of millions of the world’s most vulnerable girls, UNICEF and UNFPA have said. The…
Is War-Torn Syria Ready for the Elections?
The United Nations believes that after nearly six years of conflict, Syria will have the democratic elections in the next 18 months, which will virtually bring an end to the…
India Plans to Achieve Women-Led Development
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, stressed Sunday on the importance of “women-led development,” in his address at the valedictory session of the National Conference of Women Legislators, in…
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…