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Pak: Zardari signs Human Rights Bill into law

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has given his consent to the National Human Rights Commission Ac...

HRW calls on Pak govt to prosecute Ahmadi massacre suspects

HRW has said Pakistan`s federal and provincial governments should bring to justice those responsible...

Lanka dismisses US human rights report

Sri Lanka dismissed a US report that questioned the human rights record of its police and security f...

China issues report on human rights in US

The Chinese report said violations of civil and political rights have been "severe" in the US.

Sri Lanka: UK envoy`s military comments cause stir

John Rankin said that the UK hopes that the military presence in the North and East of Sri Lanka can...

US criticism over human rights `biased`: China

China has suggested the United States to stop interfering in other nations` internal affairs.

Chen wants China to probe harassment of family

Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York with his wife and two children on Saturday after China let him l...

Human rights deteriorating in China: US

The US State Department also said that Vietnam continued to severely restrict political rights and f...

Amnesty slams Pak over forced disappearances

Amnesty report said Pakistan failed to prevent sectarian attacks against religious minorities or bri...

`Human rights violated across former Soviet Union`

Human rights violations are still widespread across countries of the former Soviet Union, rights gro...

UNSC `tired, unfit for purpose`: Amnesty

The UN Security Council is suffering from a failure of leadership, human rights organisation Amnesty...

UK to ban human rights abusing leaders

Britain said world leaders who have committed human rights abuses will be banned from entering the c...

China`s paramilitary faces public resentment

China`s "chengguan," the para-police agency tasked with enforcing non-criminal urban administrative ...

Chen`s family, friends ``still at risk`` in China

Chen Guangcheng`s nephew has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after he used a kitchen...

Sikh organisations launch campaign for 1984 riot victims

Two Sikh organisations in Punjab have launched an international signature campaign to seek justice f...

Chen lands in US, asks for justice in China

After seven years of prison and house arrest, Chen escaped from his village in April and was given s...

Finally, Chen Guangcheng is out of China: US

The Obama Administration has said it is pleased that the Chinese dissident will be able to pursue a ...

China: Chen`s relatives describe brutal torture

Relatives of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng have for the first time told about beatings meted out t...

Chinese activist Chen leaves for US

Chen Guangcheng’s escape from a rural village had set off a diplomatic tussle between Beijing and Wa...

China: Chen’s passport to be ready in 2 weeks

Blind activist Chen Guangchenghe is unsure whether he would be able to leave China soon after receiv...

Targeted only legitimate military targets in Libya: NATO

NATO has rejected a human right organisation’s report of carrying out ‘unlawful attacks’ that led to...

‘Outside media changing N Korean worldview’

North Korea is separated from the more prosperous South Korea by a heavily militarised frontier, and...

European court rejects Qatada’s deportation appeal

The European Court of Human Rights rejected an appeal by radical cleric Abu Qatada against his depor...

Human rights violations rise

Human rights violations have increased in the country by over 13,000 in the last three years, with m...

China promises Chen to investigate abuse

Chen Guangcheng fled house arrest in his home town last month for the US embassy and set off a diplo...

Sri Lanka to lodge protest against UNHRC chief

Sri Lanka accuses Navi Pillay of violating her mandate over adoption of a resolution that censured C...

Bahrain arrests top human rights activist

Bahrain has been under turmoil since February 2011 following pro-democracy revolts in Egypt and Tuni...

Chen seeks official help to leave China for US

Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng took refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after escaping hous...

Chinese blind dissident may leave for US soon

New York University has announced fellowship to Chen Guangcheng with residential permit for his fami...

Rights abuses: `129 Army personnel found guilty`

As many as 129 Army personnel, including three dozen officers, were found guilty of human rights vio...

Future of blind dissident Chen remains undecided

The US embassy in Beijing has not yet confirmed if its officials have access to Chen Guangcheng.

Britain’s human rights report ‘partial`: Russia

Reporters Without Borders ranked Russia 142 out of 179 countries in their 2011 Press Freedom Index.

Rights group urges Libya to revoke speech law

The law criminalizes spreading false news or propaganda that endangers the country`s security.

Afghan child bride`s in-laws sentenced for torture

The plight of 15-year-old Sahar Gul captivated the nation and set off a storm of international conde...

Dissident seeks asylum, clouds China-US dialogue

The controversy over Chen Guangcheng refused to die down, a day after he left the US embassy after b...

‘Rights violation against Hindu women in Pak’

Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday demanded a statement from the government on the f...

Obama mum on whereabouts of Chinese activist Chen

US President Barack Obama has declined to comment on the sensitive issue even as he pressed China to...

Chen’s escape a tough test for US-China ties

Chen`s escape and apparent request for US protection comes at a vexing time for both countries.

‘Obama to balance human rights, China ties’

US President wants to strike a fine balance between advancing human rights and maintaining relations...

Media should highlight rights violations: NHRC

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday sought the media`s help in highlighting the issue...

NHRC mulling amendments to Human Rights Act

According to a senior NHRC official, seven states which have constituted SHRCs have not appointed ch...

`Don`t let nukes overshadow Iranian human rights`

Iran`s nuclear ambitions should not prevent world leaders from pressing the Persian nation to respec...

BSF sets up Human Rights Cell in J&K

The Border Security Force (BSF) Kashmir Frontier has established a human rights cell in the Valley ...

Lanka has proud record of safeguarding human right

Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said that his country has a rich and proud record of safeguarding huma...

Lanka accuses US of adopting double standards

The UNHRC approved in Geneva a US-backed resolution censuring Sri Lanka over its rights record.

India-Sri Lanka joint sea patrolling sought

A Sri Lankan minister has called for joint patrolling by Indian and Sri Lankan Navies to prevent cla...

Halt Rajoana execution: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch Wednesday demanded that India should not hang terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana.

100s of Afghan girls in jail for ‘moral crimes`

More than 400 women and teenage girls are currently languishing in jails across Afghanistan for "mo...

Won’t abide by UNHRC resolution: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka on Monday made it clear that it will not abide by the UNHRC resolution that censured it ...

Israel weighs ban on UN human rights council probe

Israel accuses the council of having a pronounced anti-Israel bias because of its disproportionate ...

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