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UN in Myanmar accused of preventing rights groups to visit Rohingya areas

About 501,800 Rohingya have fled Myanmar and crossed over...

Issue of Female Genital Mutilation Reaches UNHRC

A political will by the Indian Government is required to...

Women’s Representation in Pakistan Parliament Should Rise Above Tokenism

Greater representation of women in parliament has been a...

This is Just About Hitler, Don’t Draw Parallels

Once Upon A Time There Was One Tyrant Ruler...

UN takes first concrete step to hold Israel accountable for violating Palestinian human rights

September 27, 2017  — Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner...

On the warpath: the young women leading Ireland’s campaign against abortion

Next year Ireland will hold a referendum on its...

`Kurdistan: after vote for independence, what’s next?

After much anticipation and under threat of retaliation, the...

Myanmar urges Hindu Rohingyas to return

An estimated 500 Hindus crossed over to refugee camps...

Rohingyas Are Human Too!

‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ meaning ‘the whole world is one family’, is...

Egypt: Somewhere over the rainbow there are police ready to pounce

Seven people who waved rainbow flags during a music...

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Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 19-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack

Reproductive Autonomy Cannot Be Subordinated to Adoption: Supreme Court allows termination of 7-month pregnancy of minor

Holding that a woman’s choice is paramount under Article 21, the SC affirms that constitutional courts must prioritise dignity, mental health, and bodily autonomy over statutory limits under the MTP framework

Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”