Sharifah Shakirah, who helps improve the lives of Rohingya women in Malaysia, has been nominated as Malaysia’s candidate for the US Department of State’s International Women of Courage award. In a statement, the US embassy said US Ambassador Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir…
In international relations there are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, but it is evident beyond the shred of doubt that for the last 70 years Pakistan and Indo-Pakistan india relations haves been in the doldrums, and clouds…
In a significant order, the Central Information Commission (CIC), has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to provide the complete list with full details of arrested Indian and Pakistani civilians and fishermen to a Mumbai RTI activist within four weeks. The CIC’s directions came…
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer went missing after he was scheduled to be released from jail Thursday following a two-year prison sentence for state subversion charges, said rights activists. Jiang Tianyong — who had taken on many high-profile cases including those of Falun Gong…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday launched a new global strategy to combat hate speech, a growing scourge he said has “poisoned” debate on crucial challenges like migration. Guterres announced the effort, which will be led by his special…
The ravishing Kashmir valley has suffered waves of intense unrest and sporadic violence since 1947. Three generations of Kashmiri populace have witnessed the horrors of conflict. Not only Kashmiris, people of the South Asian region are also the immediate…
Global probe into HR violations in IOK demandedSrinagar, February 20 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership has said that India cannot stifle the voice for freedom by resorting to aggressive policies and imposing ban on political opponents…
‘We the Rohingya have been subjected to a textbook genocide which has gradually escalated since my childhood’ The Free Rohingya Coalition (FRC), a leading global activist group led by and for the Rohingya people, is set to host a…
Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man’s-land on the country’s border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting. More than 730,000…
The UN has located major areas where there is violation of human right in various States. For that there is the United Nations Centre for Human Rights (UNCHR) as a focal body for all activities in connection with human…