Category: Human Rights

BERHAMPUR: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, the Union government and railway board on reported incidents of human trafficking via the Berhampur railway station in Ganjam district. Taking suo-motu cognizance of a report that Berhampur railway station has turned into a major transit point for human trafficking from […]

Dear Editor The Working People’s Alliance condemns in the strongest terms the recent government action against homeowners in Mocha Arcadia. Whatever the state of negotiations, if there were any, between the two sides, some other outcome short of demolition of the houses should have ensued.  Bulldozing people’s homes against their will is a human rights […]

The National Human Rights Commission has recommended that the government probe Janata Samajbadi Party chairperson Upendra Yadav among 129 others in connection with the 2007 Gaur massacre and take action if he is found guilty. The constitutional rights watchdog has concluded that the killings of more than two dozen people were well orchestrated and both […]

“Your silence is violence” was the chant of over 200 people who gathered in Auckland today to protest the execution of two men in Iran. The protesters formed a chain along the waterfront in Mission Bay, calling for an end to violence and for the New Zealand Government to take action. Protesters said they want […]

EL PASO, Texas– Ahead of President Biden’s visit to El Paso Sunday, the Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) holds a press conference and a “This is Our New Ellis Island” community march Saturday morning. The march is also in response to the Biden administration’s new border enforcement measures. The press conference begins at 11:00 […]

Edwin Chiloba, a 25-year-old fashion designer and model, was found dead by the roadside this week about 40 km outside the Rift Valley town of Eldoret – his body, bearing signs of torture, had been stuffed inside a metal trunk. People march in downtown Nairobi during a protest organized by The Queer Republic in Nairobi […]

By Janet Karim ” But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ […]

President of the National Council for Human Rights Moushira Khattab during a meeting of the Egyptian National Council for Human rights (Photo: NCHR)   The case of Shenouda has stirred controversy late last year after authorities decided to place the boy in an orphanage after DNA tests revealed that the Christian parents, with whom he […]

The US and Japan on Friday launched a task force to promote human rights and international labor standards in supply chains, amid shared concerns about China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, and said they would invite other nations to join the initiative. The two sides also signed an updated memorandum of cooperation on cybersecurity to strengthen […]

Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets and Poland’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights Protection Mikołaj Pawlak have discussed strengthening the cooperation in monitoring the observance of Ukrainian children’s rights in Poland. Lubinets said this in a post on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. “We are closely cooperating with the colleague to support Ukrainian children in […]