Native Americans Facing Excessive Force in North Dakota: UN
A United Nations (UN) human rights expert has accused US security forces of using excessive force against protesters trying to stop an oil pipeline project which runs through land sacred…
Education Is India’s Reply to Separatism in Kashmir: Prakash Javadekar
Kashmir has been facing a series of violent incidents since the killing of a 22-year-old rebel leader Burhan Wani by the Indian security forces in July. By Rakesh Raman While…
Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Continues in Iraq
Mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and…
Ban Ki-moon Asks Donald Trump to Ensure Unity in Diversity
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday on his election as the new President of the United States. “I congratulate Mr. Donald Trump on his election as…
How the UN Plans to End Poverty and Ensure Prosperity
The General Assembly President Peter Thomson briefed United Nations (UN) Member States Tuesday on the implementation strategy for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the transformative 17-point framework for ensuring peace…
Spying Case: UK Privacy Outfit Taken to European Court
Leading rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) and six individuals have lodged a challenge with the European Court of Human Rights. They have demanded that the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal…