Confer citizenship to eligible Chakmas and Hajongs, NHRC tells Centre, Arunachal Pradesh

The human rights body gave them three months to comply with a 2015 Supreme Court order.

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· Yesterday · 07:34 pm

Human rights violations: US imposes sanctions on China, Myanmar and North Korea

Washington DC said this was a message that the country will act against those who abuse the power of the state to inflict suffering and repression.

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· Dec 11, 2021 · 09:22 am

Threat to human rights is highest in police stations: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana

The chief justice said that constitutional right to legal aid and availability of free legal services was necessary to keep police excesses under check.

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· Aug 08, 2021 · 08:04 pm

Covid: NHRC calls for special law to uphold dignity of dead as bodies found along Ganga river

The commission said it was the duty of the states to ‘protect the rights of the deceased’ and suggested that a standard operating procedure should be prepared.

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· May 15, 2021 · 01:38 pm

By becoming an arbiter of free speech, Facebook is stepping in where governments won’t

Media platforms constantly make judgements about appropriate speech, and Facebook’s global reach gives its Oversight Board tremendous influence.

Wendy H Wong, The Conversation

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Nicholas Weller, The Conversation

· Mar 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Explained: What the UK court ruling allowing Shamima Begum to return means

In 2015, Begum left Britain as a 15-year-old to purportedly join the Islamic State in Syria.

Devyani Prabhat, The Conversation

· Jul 20, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Dubai princess Sheikha Latifa was captured by Indian Coast Guard in 2018, says UK court

The Indian government did not react to the case and the allegations that Sheikha Latifa was captured on the instructions of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Makt.

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· Mar 08, 2020 · 01:07 pm

In nearly half of the world’s countries, slavery has not yet been criminalised

De facto slavery, where a person holds power over another akin to ownership, still exists.

Katarina Schwarz, The Conversation

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Jean Allain, The Conversation

· Feb 17, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Human Rights Day 2019: History, the women who shaped the UDHR and theme

On 10th December in the year 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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· Dec 10, 2019 · 08:59 am

China is building a global coalition of human rights violators to justify its actions in Xinjiang

A group of 37 countries, including North Korea, Russia and Saudia Arabia, signed a letter in support of Beijing’s human rights record.

Abbas Faiz, The Conversation

· Jul 23, 2019 · 11:30 pm

The global Rohingya diaspora is a critical ally for those still fighting in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Emigrants can provide resources, time and capital to those in refugee camps.

Yuriko Cowper-Smith, The Conversation

· Jul 07, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Aadhaar critic Usha Ramanathan named Human Rights ‘Hero’ for campaign against biometric ID scheme

Ramanathan has written and spoken extensively against the privacy, security and exclusionary risks of the biometric identity scheme.

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· Jun 10, 2019 · 07:54 am