Students’ Protests

26 Jul 2024

Student protests have consistently demonstrated the power of youth activism to challenge injustice, advocate for rights, and drive societal change. Their impact extends beyond immediate policy outcomes to inspire future generations and shape the collective consciousness of humanity towards justice, equality, and human rights. These incidents illustrate the pivotal role...

China’s Suppression On Activists: Harsh Sentences For Li Qiaochu And Xu Zhiyong Raise Global Concerns

14 Jun 2024

In a recent event, prominent Chinese activist have been sentenced to prison terms on charges of inciting subversion (unlawful acts undermining the power or authority of an institution) of state power. Among them is Li Qiaochu, a well-known women’s and labor rights activist, who received a three-and-a-half-year sentence. Her partner,...

North Korea Accuses U.S. of Politicizing Human Rights

27 Apr 2024

North Korea has accused the United States of politicizing human rights in the country, condemning what it called a political conspiracy and provocation, according to reports from western media on Saturday. A spokesperson from North Korea's foreign ministry, as cited by official media KCNA, stated that North Korea would take...

Amnesty International Report: China Human Rights abuses

24 Apr 2024

In its recent report titled "The State of the World's Human Rights, April 2024," Amnesty International shed light on human rights violations in China. The report, released on Tuesday, extensively covers human rights concerns across 155 countries in 2023, analyzing global and regional issues and projecting future implications. Amnesty International's...

BNM Report: Five Extrajudicial Killings, 33 Disappearances in Feb

07 Mar 2024

At least 33 documented cases of enforced disappearances were reported across various regions of Balochistan, according to the Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Paank. This indicates a concerning increase in military actions and enforced disappearances in the region, as reported by The Balochistan Post. In February...

White House condemns online harassment of WSJ reporter over PM Modi question

27 Jun 2023

The White House has expressed strong condemnation for the online harassment targeting a Wall Street Journal journalist who raised questions about the rights of religious minorities during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden on 22 June in Washington. John Kirby, the spokesperson for...

Dignity denied as more than 3,000 schools in South Africa still use pit toilets

23 May 2023

At a high school in rural northern South Africa, more than 300 students and their teachers share three toilets, and that woefully lopsided figure isn’t the worst problem. The three toilets are pit latrines, effectively 10-feet-deep holes in the ground that students line up during a lunch break to use....

Human Rights in international investment arbitration – a conceptual analysis

17 May 2023

In the recent era investment related disputes are increasing day by day and human right laws are increasingly being more and more relevant is such disputes, but is it relevant? Over the past years, tribunals have given more or less no to less attention when it comes to human rights...

Is Jammu & Kashmir flourishing after the abrogation of article 370?

16 Feb 2023

Dictatorship! Human Rights Violation! Crushing the voice of the people by the State! Such are the slogans and articles that are flooded both in the print as well as digital space about the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. But just as there can be no light without the dark, no right...

OIC urges Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working

13 Jan 2023

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the Taliban to reconsider the decision to ban women from working for NGOs. This comes right after the Taliban banned women from going to work for any domestic or foreign NGOs. OIC has called the ban on women from working in...