Human Rights: Orthodox Jews Protest Near the White House
Thousands of Rabbis and members of the Orthodox Jewish demonstrated Wednesday in front of the White House in Washington DC against Israel’s Military Draft Law, which results in the forced…
Humanitarian Crisis: 12 Million People Facing Famine in Yemen
Reports suggest that civilians and civilian objects have been targeted, in violation of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, over the past two weeks, in the southwestern port…
Security Forces Abusing Human Rights in Myanmar: Report
The scale of violence against the Rohingya community in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is documented in a recent United Nations human rights report. According to a UN Special Adviser on the…
UN Agencies Express Concern over Trump’s Muslim Ban Order
By Rakesh Raman A number of United Nations (UN) human rights and refugee welfare agencies have expressed their anguish over President Donald Trump’s arbitrary decision to ban the entry of…
Amnesty India Hails Decision to Commute Death Sentences of Four Men
The India arm of human rights organization Amnesty International today welcomed the decision of President Pranab Mukherjee to commute the death sentences of four men to life terms. Amnesty said…
Women’s March on Washington Warns the Trump Administration
Just a day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of America, a new event will be inaugurated Saturday as a mark of protest against the new…