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…
Syria Reduced to Ruins: UN Human Rights Panel
As the Syrian conflict is entering its sixth year, civilians are bearing the brunt of intensifying hostilities conducted by an ever-increasing number of warring parties, with aerial bombardments by pro-Government…
Will China Release Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti?
According to human rights organization Amnesty International, 400 academics from across the world have called on China’s President Xi Jinping to immediately release Uighur Professor Ilham Tohti, on the second…