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…
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),…
How the UN Plans to Protect Human Rights
At the opening of the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, senior UN officials emphasized the link between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the right…
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 2015. With a survey of 160 countries and territories, the…
Left Parties Protest to Protect Human Rights in India
Six Left parties – the CPI(M), CPI, RSP, AIFB, CPI(ML), and SUCI(C) – have started a nationwide protest against the increasing human rights violations being committed by the ruling party…