Category: Human Rights

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 21 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed deep concern over the amendment of the criminal law passed this week which aims to increase punishment for using derogatory remarks against religious figures. “The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) expresses its deep concern over the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act […]

The administrative judiciary in Algiers has issued a ruling to dissolve the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), an association founded 32 years ago by the late Ali Yahia Abdennour, described as the dean of Algerian jurists. The decision was taken after a complaint by the Ministry of Interior accusing the LADDH […]

GENEVA —  The U.N.’s top human rights official, Volker Türk, appealed Friday for $452 million to fund the critical work of the high commissioner’s office in protecting and defending human rights throughout the world this year. The high commissioner’s office is the guardian and defender of human rights. It is the global watchdog of abuse […]

Almost every significant political controversy of our time revolves around a question of human rights. This is a fairly recent historical development. It was only in the late 18th century that the concept of universal (or “natural”) rights was accepted as a fundamental principle of a just society. This coincided with the great revolutionary republican […]

As Westminster put the brakes on the Scottish Parliament’s plans for gender self identification, opponents of the bill have remembered an icon of their movement who inspired thousands of women to rise up. Magdalen Berns was a co-founder of For Women Scotland – the group which led an attempted Judicial Review to challenge Nicola Sturgeon’s Gender […]

The Human Rights Office in Taiz province on Friday condemned the crimes committed by the Saudi-led aggression militias against citizens in Lahj province, the last of which was bombing of a house of the citizen Abdu Al-Qasimi. The office affirmed, in statement, its condemnation of all forms of violations, including crimes of forced displacement and […]

UNITED NATIONS UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed held talks with the Taliban regime, Afghanistan’s de facto authority, about women’s rights, a spokesperson said on Friday. UN’s top female diplomat Amina Mohammed, Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Political, Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Khaled Khiari, completed a […]

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): As people in Afghanistan continue to live a life of grave challenges in the war-torn country, a US-based organization, Freedom House has released a report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan and stated that at least 90 per cent of human rights defenders said they had experienced violence and […]

At a recent capacity-building training for National Assembly Members on effective legislative oversight, Madi Jobarteh said most of the laws of The Gambia are from the colonial period or have been hugely weakened in their human rights quality by the former dictatorial regime. He stated that the building and strengthening of democracy and good governance […]

At 18, talking about human rights and ready to take over the tennis world, Coco Gauff knows it all. While the tennis player is focusing on her game, she even takes out time to talk about various important issues. The tennis star recently spoke about how she feels grateful to have this opportunity to stand […]