The New York-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused “Indian authorities” of continuing to pursue repressive policies in Kashmir and denying freedom of expression and other basic rig...

The UN Human Rights Committee said on Wednesday that the security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 should be repealed following a clampdown on free speech and dissent in the southern enclav...

A group of retired civil servants has issued a statement urging the Supreme Court to review its Zakia Jafri verdict and withdraw a paragraph that Gujarat police have cited to arrest social activist Te...

The Bihar Human Rights Commission has ordered a traffic cop to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 to a physically challenged Patna resident who suffered hearing loss after being mishandled by him in September la...

It is a rare court ruling that can be called tragic. But the majority decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America to overturn the 1973 judgment of Roe versus Wade ...

The UN human rights chief has termed the US Supreme Court ruling that overturned the constitutional right to abortion as a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality, as UN agencies war...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday sought reports from the Union ministry of sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) over allegations by an Indian woman cyclist of inappropri...

Singed But Not Burnt is shaping up to be a travelling showcase as Puri shares the retrospective has already received calls from other art spaces across the country. “The space has been an import...

The All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU) on Wednesday moved Gauhati High Court, seeking a judicial inquiry into the Batadraba police station burning case triggered by an alleged custodia...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Jharkhand chief secretary and the Garhwa district magistrate-cum-deputy commissioner to personally appear before it on June 29 over the fai...