HRW again urges disbanding Rab
Published in The Daily Star on July 21 :: Human Rights Watch in an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated its demand to disband Rapid Action Battalion (Rab). […]
Human trafficking has no place in modern world
Published in MediaForFreedom.com on 19th July :: 14 July 2014 – Human trafficking has no place in the modern world, the President of the General Assembly declared today at a […]
Pakistan’s dangerous anti-terrorism law
Published in “The Express Tribune” on July, 20th :: Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain on July 11 gave Pakistani citizens a new reason to fear the country’s security forces. He signed […]
Civil society vs the state
Published in DAWN on Jul 03 By I.A. Rehman. CIVIL society is once again facing the awkward question as to whether it must always support an elected civilian government, regardless of its performance, […]
Human rights in tatters
Published in Times of India, July 19th. GANDHINAGAR: The rise in number of complaints alleging human rights violation in Gujarat is disquieting. The annual report of the Gujarat State Human […]
Women trafficking
Source Article: Daily Times, Pakistan Called one of the modern forms of slavery, human trafficking affects 2.5 million people around the world, most of them women and children. Nearly every […]
India LGBTQ Community Want Guidelines for Media Reporting
The LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgenders, queer) community in the country is about to approach the state human rights commission to set up guidelines about reporting issues related to them. […]
Violence will never triumph over human rights, vows Malala
Malala Yousafzai (16), who was shot in the head by the Taliban last October, accepted the Tipperary International Peace Award at a sell-out ceremony attended by almost 400 guests. Malala, […]
Don’t Resume Executions – HRW Asks of Pakistan
Pakistan’s government should revoke its decision to resume executions and renew its moratorium on the death penalty, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said in a joint […]
International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch Ask Pakistan to Avoid Resuming Death Penalty
The International Commission of Jurists and Human Rights Watch, in a joint statement ask the Government of Pakistan to reconsider resuming the death penalty. Reproduced below is the statement. Honorable […]