Amnesty International is describing India’s repeated denial of bail to jailed Muslim activist Umar Khalid as a “big blow” to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Thirty-four year old Khalid, along with more than a dozen other Muslims, is accused of being part of a “larger conspiracy” that led to religious riots in New Delhi […]...
On Thursday, a human rights organization decried Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian children 14 years and younger under house arrest. The Beirut-based Palestinian Association for Human Rights, known as Shahed, said Israeli authorities continue to oppress Palestinians, especially residents of Jerusalem. Shahed said Israel’s policy of house...
Asphalt roads in Afghanistan destroyed by explosions due to decades of conflict are being repaired by children. Afghan boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 15 fill pits created by mines and bombings with soil and gravel they collect from the roadside. These children work from sunup to sundown in difficult conditions to […]
More than 1,000 protesters in Russia were arrested at rallies held against the country’s military intervention in Ukraine, a non-governmental organization said on Thursday. According to OVD-Info, the protesters were arrested in 51 Russian cities, including the capital Moscow and the second-largest city of Saint-Petersburg. Almost 700 people we...
A Palestinian human rights group has called on the international community to pressurize Israel to end its 15-year long blockade on the Gaza Strip. In a statement, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights appealed to the international actors to help provide the needed financial support for the reconstruction of Gaza’s infrastructure. It said aro...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese protesters staged fresh demonstrations in the central city of Madani on Tuesday to demand full civilian rule and the release of political prisoners. “Yes to civil democratic rule” and “Freedom, peace and justice” were among banners waved by protesters as they marched in the city, according to an Anadolu Agency [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish rights groups on Saturday held a protest in Istanbul against a headscarf ban in the Indian state of Karnataka. Organized by the Free Thought and Educational Rights Society (Ozgurder) and Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed (Mazlumder), the demonstration took place around the Indian Consul...
A 51-year-old Kashmiri widow tailors a traditional long loose shirt and baggy trousers for a customer. Shaheena Akhter keeps busy with tailoring at her small home in Srinagar SRI NAGAR, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. Akhter lives alone in the congested poor neighborhood of Khwaja Bazar. She has developed many health problems since...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s High Council of State said Thursday ending the transitional period is the key to cruising the country to safety. “There is no way to reach safety without ending the transitional period with a permanent constitution and renewing the legitimacy of the legislative, executive, judicial and oversight ...
Three Kashmiri students have spent more than three months in jail now for celebrating the Pakistani cricket team’s win over India. Their families have appealed for their release as they struggle to bail them out. Arsheed Yousuf, Inayat Altaf and Showkat Ahmad Ganai — all in their early 20s — were arrested last October on […]
