Poverty in India: Woman Sells Child for Rs. 2000

A homeless tribal woman, deserted by her husband, was forced to sell her newly born male child to one of

Parliament Urged to Amend Human Rights Act in India

It is a common belief in India that the government-run National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a toothless department that

The Madhya Pradesh government in India must ensure an independent criminal investigation into the alleged extrajudicial execution of eight undertrial

UN Human Rights Office Denied Access to Kashmir Kashmir has been facing a series of violent incidents since the killing

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the killings in Kashmir and offered to provide his mediation to facilitate a dialogue

International human rights agencies report that the abuses in Kashmir range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual