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We at the Indian Human Rights Council observed the foundation day of the Council on 14 September 2025 at Ferguson College, Pune.
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India on Friday abstained on a UN resolution against Israel calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urging an obligation to ensure accountability and justice for war crimes.
India blasted Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday after they brought up the Jammu and Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Local villagers continued to protest in North 24 Parganas's Bermazur village in Sandeshkhali on Friday as tensions continued to brew in the region that has been witnessing unrest for the last over 10 days.
Woman seen in the spine chilling video from Israel-Palestine war has been identified as German citizen; Shani Louk . She was one of the 12 victims killed by Palestinian terrorists.
OPCA) and GHRD organized a major demonstration in the Netherlands’ The Hague to voice their concerns over the recent attack on churches and Christians in Pakistan.
Pakistan's interim Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has included Mishaal Hussain Malik, the wife of imprisoned separatist leader Yasin Malik, in his cabinet.
Referring to the arrest of a Kashmiri boy in the death case of a student from Jadavpur University, West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari demanded a probe by CBI & NIA
NCPCR ) chief Priyank Kanoongo has written to West Bengal Police Director General (DG) Manoj Malviya to initiate necessary action and inquiry into the Jadavpur University student death case.
US-based Jewish human rights body has asked Amazon Prime Video to “stop monetising” Bawaal with immediate effect and called the film a “banal trivialisation of the suffering and systematic murder of millions of victims of the Nazi Holocaust.”
Two months after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President of Russia , Vladimir Putin, Russia has put Karim Khan, a British prosecutor at the Hague-based court, on its "wanted" list.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleged that violent incidents in Hooghly & Howrah over Ram Navami processions occurred "because of Bharatiya Janata Party" & questioned the need for fact-finding team "when normalcy has been restored"
After taking suo moto cognizance of media reports about the deaths of seven sanitation workers in two different incidents in Jhajjar and Bharuch Districts of Haryana and Gujarat respectively.
London-based World Sindhi Congress (WSC) has urged the United Nations and the international community to press upon Pakistan for the release of all missing people in Pakistan, including Hidayat Lohar.
The 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was a platform for Kashmiri activists from India to voice their aspirations and concerns regarding cross-border terror, radicalisation and serious human rights violations
Under the Presidency of the European Research Council (ERC), some thirty senators from different political formations have created an interparliamentary group to support Tibet's autonomy from China, reported Europe Press.
Another shocking incident from Australia surfaced on social media platforms where the men from alleged pro-Khalistan groups attacked Indians carrying the national flag in their hands.
Regarding the isue of Myanmar refugees, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking perilous sea voyages. More than 2,400 Rohingya have sought to leave Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2022 alone.
A boat carrying Rohingya refugees which was adrift for a month at sea has finally landed in Indonesia's Aceh, reported international media citing the two rights groups that have been tracking the vessel.
NHRC issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary over an alleged incident of a tantrik being called to treat 15 girl students who fell ill after eating a mid-day-meal at govt school.
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad ( ATS ) on Monday (Nov 14) arrested a member of the banned outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) for alleged involvement in anti-national activities, the ATS officials said.
Human rights activists welcomed the introduction of a US resolution on the 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pakistan during a press conference in Washington, US. On Oct 15, a proposed resolution was made in the House of Representatives urging US President Joe Biden to consider recognizing the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
As per the media reports, whenever there is a dispute between the two parties particularly involving financial transactions and loans etc, the girls aged between 8-18 are auctioned to recover money. These girls are being sent to UP, Mp, Mumbai, Delhi, and foreign countries and subjected to physical abuse, torture, and sexual assault in slavery. Media reports have documented the ordeal of many victims of such heinous crimes.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
India said its decision to abstain from voting on the rights situation in China's Xinjiang at the UN Human Rights Commission was in line with the practice of not voting on country-specific resolutions.
While abstaining to vote on the UNHRC draft resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said it has always been guided by two fundamental principles -- "support to the aspirations of the Tamils for equality" and "peace and sovereignty of Sri Lanka."
A intellectual from Kashmir and human rights activist raised the issue of Islamabad's repeated attempts to change the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) by amending the 1974 Interim Constitution. Junaid Qureshi also urged the council to prevent Pakistan from carrying out any changes to the status of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Sri Lanka's new govt should embark on a national dialogue to advance human rights and reconciliation, a UN report urged on Tuesday (Sept 6), calling for accountability and deeper institutional reforms to prevent a recurrence of past violations.
NHRC has sought an action taken report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Sibsagar district over the alleged custodial death of a Naga tribal man -E Henveih Phom - who was allegedly tortured by police at Gelekey police station in the Sivasagar district of Assam on Aug 21.
Ahead of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's return to Sri Lanka, a rights group said the government should provide protection to the former president and his family. Rajapaksa had relinquished power after a series of violent protests amid an unprecedented economic crisis in the country.
She was accused of spreading false information and aiding dissidents seeking to disrupt public order with her tweets, retweets and follows on Twitter.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will conduct an official visit to Bangladesh on 14 August, upon the invitation of the govt, the UN Office of the high commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday (Aug 12).
he delegation of the European Union ( EU ) to Sri Lanka met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and urged him to devote special attention to Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), IMF and Human Rights Council as it assured the island country of its support to overcome the ongoing crisis.
In yet another tragic incident a Hindu woman from Bangladesh was raped and later butchered. It is being assumed that the crime was committed in front of the 10 year old daughter as the little girl was found unconscious lying next to her mother's nude and abused dead body.
Myanmar's military junta today reported the execution of four men in the country's first death sentences carried out in over three decades. New York-based human rights group has condemned the Myanmar military regime's execution of pro-democracy leaders and elected officials.
The Railway police on Friday (Jul 22) rescued four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction in Guwahati. The Police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India.
Ambassador Indramani Pandey, Permanent Representative of India at UN while speaking during the Interactive Dialogue at the Oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar at the 50th session of HRC said, "As a country that shares long borders with Myanmar, the continued instability in Myanmar is a matter of concern and has direct implications for India."
Ever since the Islamic regime took over Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban have phased severe restrictions of the rights of women in Afghanistan. As it was already clear, the Taliban later proved it that their promise to establish an equitable regime for women was nothing but a fake promise to come in power.
Jaishankar said India was entitled "to have views about their (US) views and the interests and the lobbies and the vote banks which drives that".
UN Watch said expel Russia, China, and Pakistan from United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over the Ukraine invasion, human rights abuses and terrorism respectively
The US-based NGO said that Kashmiri Hindus who were victims of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and exile from their country bravely told their harrowing experiences of endurance, survival, and rehabilitation from atrocious human rights crimes at the hands of radical Islamic terrorists, which resembled the Jewish Holocaust.
A tribute to Madhukar Dattatraya alias Balasaheb Deoras, the third Sarsanghchalak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on his birth anniversary.
Tracking down investigation in terrorism conspiracy case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out multiple searches in Jammu and Kashmir. The investigation agency did not reveal the exact case under which they conducted raids citing investigation reasons but they assured to share the inputs soon as and when it finds a suitable time that will not affect its probe.
The anti-terror agency arrested Khurram after raiding his residence and office in Srinagar earlier in the day.
President Kovind conferred Padma Shri to human rights activist Birubala Rabha for campaigning against witch-hunting in Assam
With an overwhelming majority, India was re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the sixth term (2022-2024). India has vowed to continue to work for the promotion and protection of human rights through ‘Samman, Samvad and Sahyog.’ Though member states were chosen in a secret ballot, the election was a non-contest, with 18 candidate countries standing for 18 seats.
This comes after China imposed sanctions on lawmakers who highlighted human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Morrison assures that China cannot build up a wall between Australia and New Zealand
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar slammed the international organizations criticizing India, saying that "self-appointed custodians of the world who find it very difficult to stomach that somebody in India is not looking for their approval".
Hindu community in Pakistan continues to remain shocked following the merciless killing of a five-member family in mysterious circumstances on Mar 5. The family lived in Abu Dhabi Colony, Chak No 135-P that is 15 km away from Rahim Yar Khan city.
