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…
Hindu Groups Attacking Human Rights in India: Amnesty
Human rights organization Amnesty International has released its 2015-16 report that documents the state of the world’s human rights during…
Amnesty India Demands the Repeal of Sedition Law
British used the sedition law to curb free speech during India’s independence struggle. Now the government is using it to…
Journalists Covering Pu Zhiqiang Trial Attacked in China
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has condemned the violence against overseas media by the Chinese authorities in an…
Russia’s Crackdown on Salafi Muslims in Dagestan
The government’s response to a decade-long insurgency in Dagestan, a southern Russian republic, has been marked by serious human rights…
Syria Urged to Release Human Rights Activists
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday urged Syrian authorities to release all those who…