human rights

Dhaka, March 28 Former Bangladeshi minister and Awami League leader Mohammad Ali Arafat has called for the immediate lifting of the ban on his party, arguing that the move is essential to restore political pluralism and uphold democratic principles.He alleged that the February 12 parliamentary...

Seoul, March 28 – South Korea is likely to join as a co-sponsor of this year’s UN resolution on human rights in North Korea, according to government sources, amid earlier expectations that Seoul might skip the move in line with its conciliatory gestures towards Pyongyang.The South Korean...

New Delhi, March 27 India reaffirmed its unwavering support for Bangladesh's quest for justice against the brutal military crackdown by Pakistan and the targeted killing of millions of innocent Bangladeshi citizens in 1971 on Friday.New Delhi's remarks came three days after Bangladesh Prime...

New Delhi, March 27 – India sharply criticised Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's recent comments made during a meeting with senior Shia clerics, in which he reportedly stated that those sympathetic to Iran should relocate there.Speaking at a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of...

New Delhi, March 27 – India on Friday extended its support to Bangladesh's pursuit of justice over the genocide carried out by Pakistan during 'Operation Searchlight' in March 1971.Speaking at a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Randhir...

March 27, New Delhi: India has strongly criticized Pakistan for the systematic persecution of minorities. In response to media reports on the issue, Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs, described such reports as evidence of Pakistan's poor record in...

Islamabad, March 27 – Terming his father, Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, being detained as "arbitrary," Kasim Khan has raised serious concerns at the ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva over the Pakistani authorities' treatment, which...

March 27, New Delhi: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for a swift, transparent, and impartial investigation into the February 28 attack on a school in Iran, stating that those responsible must be held accountable. He also warned that the escalating conflict in West Asia risks...

March 27, New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva held an urgent debate on Friday, following Iran's request regarding a deadly airstrike on a school that reportedly killed 168 children.India's Permanent Representative, Arindam Bagchi, addressed the session, reaffirming...

Islamabad, March 27 – A leading minority rights group alleged on Friday that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are being exploited as a tool of systematic coercion, enabling organized religious groups and their allies to intimidate judges, prosecutors, police, and politicians, effectively holding the...

Quetta, March 27 – A leading human rights organization has alleged that Pakistani forces carried out another extrajudicial killing of a civilian in Balochistan, raising fresh concerns over human rights violations in the region.The human rights body, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), stated...

Washington, March 27 – A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged President Donald Trump to press China for the release of a detained Christian pastor when he meets President Xi Jinping next month, citing what they called “ongoing unjust imprisonment and persecution” of religious minorities...

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Joint Action Committee on Transgender and LGBTIQ+ Rights in Kerala, along with national collectives and community organizations, on Thursday, opposed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, describing it as regressive...

Lahore, March 26 Over 33,000 Afghan nationals, including women and children, have been deported from the Punjab province of Pakistan during the ongoing crackdown launched against illegal Afghans last year, police said on Thursday.Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdul Kareem said in a...

March 26, New Delhi – The United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity" on Wednesday, despite opposition from the United States and some European countries.In a move that advocates hailed as a step towards healing...

New Delhi, March 26 Observing that dowry deaths are a severe stain on society, the Supreme Court has stated that despite legal prohibitions, this practice continues to result in the unnatural deaths of thousands of women.A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation...

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Prisons, Chhattisgarh, regarding the reported deaths of 285 inmates in various prisons across the state over the past four years. Taking the matter suo motu, the Commission has requested a...

March 26, New Delhi: Bangladesh observed Genocide Day on Wednesday in solemn remembrance of the victims of the brutal military crackdown carried out by Pakistani forces on the night of March 25, 1971, under the codename Operation Searchlight.In his address, Prime Minister Rahman described the...

Dhaka, March 25 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has termed the March 25, 1971 genocide as a "pre-planned" massacre and appealed to build a state and society of "equality, human dignity and social justice," in the spirit of the Liberation War.Referring to it as "one of the most...

Quetta, March 25 – A leading human rights organization expressed serious concerns on Wednesday over the continued enforced disappearances of Baloch women at the hands of Pakistani forces.As atrocities against civilians continue to rise in Balochistan, Paank, the Baloch National Movement's...