New Pakistan PM Abbasi Extends Support to People of Kashmir
Kashmir has always been a conflict area between India and Pakistan since 1947 when both these countries got freedom from the British rule. By Rakesh Raman Ms. Tehmina Janjua, Foreign…
UN Demands Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Honduras
At the end of a three-day visit to Honduras, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Andrew Gilmour, underlined “the paramount need to increase protection for human rights defenders in Honduras.”…
Tamil Community Faces Human Rights Abuses in Sri Lanka
A United Nations independent human right expert said Tuesday that “routine and endemic” use of torture is happening against people detained on national security grounds in Sri Lanka. “The Tamil…
‘World Lost a Principled Human Rights Champion Liu Xiaobo’
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed his grief on the death of jailed Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo. Zeid sent his condolences…
Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dies in Police Custody
Jailed Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, who was undergoing a prison term, died Thursday in a hospital after a brief battle with terminal liver cancer. The Nobel Committee had…
Amnesty Director and Human Rights Activists Arrested in Turkey
Human rights organization Amnesty International reported Thursday that Idil Eser, its Director of Turkey, seven other human rights activists, and two IT trainers, are being investigated for membership of an…