In Afghan Child Abuse Cases, Victims Go to Jail
The 15-year-old refused to give his name, his eyes cast down as he sat in an empty room in the children‘s correction centre in Kabul. Slowly, he began to open […]
6 minors in Border Security Force custody
Do children understand borders? Perhaps not. But borderguards surely dont understand that. In an unusually insensitive act of border policing, six Bangladeshi children have been taken away by the Indian […]
National Peace Council – Way forward is to shift focus from accountability to reconciliation
Media Release WAY FORWARD IS TO SHIFT FOCUS FROM ACCOUNTABILITY TO RECONCILIATION A resolution titled “Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka” was passed at the conclusion of the 22nd […]
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Ordinance challenged in Supreme Court
Two separate Public Interest Litigations (PILs) were filed at the Supreme Court (SC) today challenging the recently promulgated Truth and Reconciliation Commission Ordinance‚ which introduced blanket amnesty to serious human […]
One million people sign petition calling for end to flogging of women and children in the Maldives
An online petition calling on the Maldivian government to end the practice of flogging women and children for the crime of fornication has been signed by more than one million […]
Adoption of an unprecedented resolution at the UN to end the financial strangulation of human rights NGOs
Today, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council gave a strong response to the increasing trend of curtailing – when not criminalizing – the activities of human rights defenders by […]
UN rights body urges more thorough Sri Lanka probe into possible war crimes from civil war
For the second time in as many years, the U.N.’s top human rights body approved a U.S.-backed resolution Thursday calling on Sri Lanka to more thoroughly investigate alleged war crimes […]
Nepal inches towards truth about war
Along with the appointment of the Chief Justice as the head of the government, Nepal’s peace process also witnessed another significant movement last Thursday when President Ram Baran Yadav enacted […]
UN blames rise in violence against Afghan women on culture
Violence linked to culture was the main reason for a 20 per cent rise in deaths and injuries of females in Afghanistan last year, UN special envoy to Afghanistan Jan […]
India key ally DMK pulls out of government
A key regional ally has pulled out of India’s ruling coalition over the government’s failure to condemn alleged atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils. The DMK party’s 18 MPs will not […]