Instagram Youtube Facebook Google News Icon google-news Tiktok Icon Quora Icon quora
  1. Home
  2. Human rights

Category: Human rights

Qatar human rights: Concerns over fate of missing female activist rise

Qatar human rights: Concerns over fate of missing female activist rise

Qatar - Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), among other rights groups, has called on the Qatari authorities to present proof that female activist Noof Al-Maadeed is alive and healthy after reports have emerged stating

Serious human rights issues warned of by groups as Qatar World Cup 2022 worker jailed

Serious human rights issues warned of by groups as Qatar World Cup 2022 worker jailed

Qatar - A former senior World Cup 2022 media manager, Abdullah Ibhais has been jailed for three years in Qatar. And now his appeal against the controversial sentence has been rejected – the sentence that

Hungary: LGBT Law Breaches International Human Rights Standards

Hungary: LGBT Law Breaches International Human Rights Standards

Europe - A board of experts of the Council of Europe human rights body, Venice Commission said that Hungary's law bans teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools. The group said on Tuesday that

Is the Taliban making the human rights situation worse in Afghanistan?

Is the Taliban making the human rights situation worse in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan - Ground level access to many of the happenings in Afghanistan has become a very difficult process as after the Taliban takeover, freedoms, rights have been heavily compromised. But the United Nations is one

Sexual misconduct allegations by CAR officials: UN takes steps to address the situation

Sexual misconduct allegations by CAR officials: UN takes steps to address the situation

Central Africa - Three months ago, allegations of sexual misconduct by peacekeepers in CAR (Central African Republic) came to surface. Since then the United Nations is continuing to address the allegations and take required steps.

People Smugglers To Be Hunted Down In Central America

People Smugglers To Be Hunted Down In Central America

United States - In a recent accident in Mexican state of Chiapas, killing at least 55 migrants, authorities from the US, Mexico and few more regional countries have now decided to coordinate the crackdown on people

Human Rights Organization Says Over 1,800 Tibetans Detained In Chinese Prisons

Human Rights Organization Says Over 1,800 Tibetans Detained In Chinese Prisons

China - The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh claimed that over 1,800 Tibetans are detained in Chinese prisons. The online database of Tibetan political prisoners developed by TCHRD

US imposed strict sanctions on Myanmar, China, North Korea on human rights grounds

US imposed strict sanctions on Myanmar, China, North Korea on human rights grounds

United States - The United States has announced the latest sanctions on Myanmar, China, Bangladesh and North Korea on charges of human rights exploitation. On Friday, the Biden administration took some serious calls against the

PNG goldmine a threat to rights of Indigenous people, villagers file complaint

PNG goldmine a threat to rights of Indigenous people, villagers file complaint

Papua New Guinea - A prospected mine, proposed to be the largest in Papua New Guinea, to be built in PNG north for mining of gold, copper and silver has come under attack by the

Nagaland killing: CHRI urges NHRC and the state government to set up a human rights commission

Nagaland killing: CHRI urges NHRC and the state government to set up a human rights commission

India - The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on Friday urged the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) and the Nagaland government to set up a state human rights commission for the safety of the people.