NEW YORK: A leading human rights group today asked India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, impose a moratorium on the death penalty and accept other recommendations of UN member states to address the country’s “most serious human rights… Continue Reading →
Amidst a culture of silence and media inattention, torture is easy to find in the security hot zones of India. A new film bares the ugly truth. Freny Manecksha reports. “Soldiers got on top of me. One of them chopped my feet… Continue Reading →
15 August 2012 Dear Friends, This is a crucial moment. Please help us to double support for Stand Up for Tibet. One year ago 29-year old monk Tsewang Norbu set light to himself and died in Tawu, eastern Tibet…. Continue Reading →
Firstpost Aug 16, 2012 By Rajeev Chandrasekhar The Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has supported my stand on the need for consultation with multi-stakeholder groups in India before finalising the stand in UN. He assured that the Government will review its… Continue Reading →
(RTTNews) – Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on Friday expressed “deep alarm” over the increased threat to civilians in unrest-hit Syria, and warned the country’s government as well as the armed opposition of severe consequences… Continue Reading →
Filipino Women’s Groups Urgent Message to the Philippine Delegation to Rio+20 As women who primarily carry both the privilege and burden of social reproduction and care for the human family and ecology, and participate as well in activities that drive… Continue Reading →
World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (GHO) WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This… Continue Reading →
Since the inception of overseas development assistance almost 50 years ago, donor countries have given some two trillion US Dollars in aid. Yet, at the height of the global financial and economic crises, 18 trillion US Dollars had been found… Continue Reading →
4th June 2012, Pioneer India did not have many convincing replies to questions that it faced at a recently held UN human rights meet. Its representative was either evasive or simply did not respond to specific queries on caste and… Continue Reading →
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