Imagine that one man owned everything. Call him Croesus, after the king of ancient lore who, Herodotus says, was so “wonderfully rich” that he “thought himself the happiest of mortals.” Impossibly elevated above his fellow men and women, this modern Croesus is also magnanimous. He does not want people to starve, and not only because…
Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz has had his country execute 85 people this year, and has imprisoned a blogger for speaking out against the country.
Saudi Arabia plans to bid to become the head of the UN Human Rights Council.
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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Punjab State Human Rights commission (PSHRC) to take action into the case of 35 missing children – 24 girls and 11 boys – who were missing under mysterious circumstances, some from as long as January 2013. Vinod Kumar Tikoo, chairperson of the Working Group on Substance Abuse…
Health workers in countries torn by civil unrest and conflict – particularly Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria – need greater protection against attacks on medical facilities, staff and patients, rights groups and aid agencies said on Wednesday. Targeted attacks are destroying health systems and infrastructure, forcing health workers to flee and preventing children from getting vaccinations,…
After America frowned upon “violent attacks” on religious minorities in India, “Ghar Wapsi” campaign by Sangh Parivar and crackdown on the NGOs by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, New Delhi has subtly hit back at Washington, highlighting “racial bias” and “deficiencies in law enforcement procedures” prevalent in United States. In its statement at the United…
A number of civil society groups and activists came together to organise two conclave on the theme Idea of India’ at New Delhi’s Constitution Club on Saturday and Sunday. The Idea of India Collective is a large inclusive collective of persons, including thinkers, students, activists and concerned citizens, who have come together around the core…
Proposals regarding Internet governance are bound to generate serious friction. The online world, after all, has provided enormous opportunities to billions of denizens, largely because it has never been governed. And yet, as the Internet grows in importance, so do the risks inherent in the lack of regulation. There is a growing danger that the…
During a recent visit to India, President of the United States of America spoke about religious intolerance in India. However this time around the US has some advise from nearly 100 countries including India and that is to set up a National Human Rights Institution in the wake of the death of a black man…
George Clooney seems to be like any other husband in the world as he has revealed that his wife Amal Clooney doesn’t allow him to watch TV sports. ‘The Monuments Men’ actor said in an interview that he and his human rights lawyer wife don’t watch reality shows and also his wife makes him turn…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report in Mint , commands a very high approval rating at the end of one year. That must be reassuring to him and many others. This column focuses on India’s foreign policy, conceded one of the successes of this government, even by critics. However, it makes the case…