Human rights violation
- Hyderabad
Telangana: BJP dismisses BRS’ allegations of human rights violation
Hyderabad: Telangana state BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar has refuted allegations made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha that the BJP government at the…
- Middle East
Amnesty International says Egypt trying to cover up human rights violations
London: Amnesty International accused Egypt on Wednesday of attempting to cover up a decade of “unrelenting violations of human rights” in order to improve its international standing ahead of hosting the world…
- World
UN experts call for action on findings of Uyghur abuse in China
Geneva: A collection of human rights officials said the international community must not ignore the systematic abuses allegedly perpetrated against Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region…
- Afghanistan
Taliban rejects report on human rights violations in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has rejected a recent report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) which expressed concerns over the violations of human rights, especially those of women and girls,…
- Middle East
Saudi-led coalition refutes allegations on human rights violations in Yemen
Riyadh: The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) in Yemen has said that it has investigated allegations on human-rights violations against the Saudi-led coalition fighting a war in Yemen and found out that…
- Technology
Amazon using Chinese suppliers with ties to forced labour in Xinjiang: Report
New Delhi: Amazon is reportedly employing suppliers in China with links to forced labour of ethnic minorities from the Xinjiang region. A report from research group the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), has…
- Middle East
Iran slams US failure to shut down Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Tehran: Iran’s top human rights official has slammed the US for failing to honour its promises to close down Guantanamo Bay detention camp, 20 years after the infamous prison was established in…
- World
China adopts harsh measures to intimidate Catholic churches
Beijing: China has adopted harsh measures against Catholic churches to sinicize Christians in the country. Indika Sri Aravinda, a freelance journalist, writing in Colombo Gazette said that the destruction or desecration of…
- World
Japan won’t send government delegation to Beijing Olympics
Tokyo: Japan announced Friday it won’t send a delegation of ministers to represent the government at the Beijing Games but three Olympic officials will attend, a mixed response to a US-led move…
- Kashmir
Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez’s arrest draws global criticism
The arrest of Kashmir-based human rights activist Khurram Parveez by the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) in Srinagar has now triggered a cloudburst of global criticism from different institutions and organizations. He was…
- India
Some trying to dent country’s image in name of human rights violations: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed those who engage in “selective interpretation” of human rights and look at its violation with an eye on political loss and gains, saying…
- World
US blocks Chinese tech firm with top Silicon Valley funding
San Francisco: The US Department of Commerce has blocked 14 Chinese tech companies, including one with funding from top US-based investment firm Sequoia Capital, over links to human rights abuses against Uyghur…
- World
UK government urged to hold China ‘to account’ over Uyghurs
London: The British government should back a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure the Chinese government over the genocide of Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in the…
- World
China’s repression of overseas Uyghurs has spread to nearly 30 countries: Report
Beijing: China’s persecution of Uyghurs overseas has spread to nearly 30 countries around the world, largely because the governments of these host countries fear Beijing’s power and influence, claims a new report.…
- World
Uyghur women face China’s forced sterilisation campaign
New Delhi: One of the most galling atrocities committed against Uyghur women in the camps is the Chinese Communist Partys (CCP) forced sterilisation campaign. In multiple reports, The Washington Times has said…
