Pakistan: Balochistan Militants Killing Teachers
(Islamabad) – Militant groups in Pakistan’s Balochistan province should immediately stop killing, threatening, and harassing teachers and other educators, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Attacks and […]
Nepal descending towards full-spectrum impunity: Defenders
A group of human rights defenders have sent an open letter to the government and political leaders warning that Nepal is descending towards “full-spectrum impunity” for human rights abuses committed […]
Nepal’s case reaches UN
After all mechanisms in Nepal failed to deliver justice to the family of Tej Bhandari, a victim of enforced disappearance, his family has knocked at the doors of UN Human […]
Militancy intensifies threats to rights: HRCP
LAHORE: Increase in militancy and intolerance heightened threats to human rights in Pakistan, the HRCP said on Thursday in a press statement on the eve of Human Rights Day, which […]
Statement issued by SAHR on Human Rights Day 10th December 2010
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) extend warm greetings to all friends who will be commemorating the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. “All human […]
Rights panel paints bleak picture
By Intikhab Hanif LAHORE: Various events and rallies are being organised by the departments concerned of the Ministry of Human Rights and its directorates in all provinces and NGOs to […]
All can see list of vested property
The government yesterday placed in parliament a bill seeking amendments to the vested property act for returning the seized property to the real owners. Tabled by Land Minister Rezaul Karim […]
Nepal: Maid in the Gulf
After a string of news reports on the exploitation and the great hardships of Nepali women domestic workers (housemaids) in the Gulf countries, the government started restricting the movement of […]
Nepal: Corrupt to the core
In recent years, Nepal has lost the glory it once enjoyed in the international arena for its endemic corruption and impunity. While the world is marking International Anti-Corruption Day, rising […]
Sri Lanka: Saudi King Withholds Rizana Sentence
The Saudi King withheld the death sentence imposed on Sri Lankan housemaid Rizana Nafeek following a request made by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Foreign Employment Promotion Minister Dilan Perera told Parliament […]