Results for “Human Rights Act”

DeccanchronicleCenter10 hours ago

TGRHC Issues Recommendations on Bhu Bharati Operators, Police Misconduct

Both recommendations were made under Section 18 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993: TGHRC

The GuardianLeft8 days ago

EHRC raises concern with Reform about ‘racial and sexual remarks’ in documentary

Watchdog writes to Nigel Farage’s party to ask what action it is taking to comply with the Equality Act The official equalities watchdog has written to Reform UK to raise concerns after an undercover TV documentary showed councillors...

BBC NewsCenter1 day ago

At least 39 die after Europe-bound migrant boat sinks off Senegal

The incident occurred near Kebemer off the coast of northwestern Senegal. Thousands ⁠of people have ⁠died in recent years attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa. Covered by 8 outlets: 2 lean left, 3 are centre, 3 lean right.

Sky NewsLeans right2 days ago

'Human rights and freedom have ceased': Newspaper that defied Kremlin pays price

BBC NewsCenter11 days ago

Human rights lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years' prison in Pakistan

Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha were charged over an incident in 2024, when England's cricket team was touring Pakistan.

Global IssuesLeans left13 days ago

UN human rights chief urges better protection of civilians in conflicts

Youth-led protests against corruption and inequality in Serbia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Madagascar reflect a growing demand for reinforcing human rights around the world, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said at a press briefing on...

Global IssuesLeans left8 days ago

The UN Human Rights Council at 20: Credibility in Question

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay / BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, November 2 (IPS) - On 13 October, Burundi won a second consecutive term on the UN Human Rights Council, the UN’s main human rights body. The CIVICUS Monitor rates civic space in Burundi as...

Hindustan TimesCenter10 days ago

Credibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India

Credibility of UN Human Rights Council rests on even-handedness: India

The GuardianLeft11 days ago

Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of an Emirati...

The HinduLeans left12 days ago

NHRC flags human rights concerns over parading of three persons in south Kolkata

The Commission took suo motu cognisance of the incident based on media reports and observed that the contents of the news report, if true, “raise serious issues of violation of human rights”

NPRLeans left2 hours ago

U.S. boycotts U.N. human rights review for second year running

The U.S. Covered by 12 outlets: 4 lean left, 5 are centre, 2 lean right, 1 are not rated.

euronews (English)Center5 days ago

North Korea tells EU to 'mind its own business' after draft UN resolution on human rights

North Korea's UN mission has lashed out at the European Union over a draft UN resolution. North Korea lashed out at the European Union over a draft UN resolution addressing rights abuses, telling the bloc to mind its own business....

Chicago ReaderNot rated11 days ago

New federal lawsuit accuses feds, Indiana of human rights abuses in “Speedway Slammer” immigration jail

Denial of medication. Beatings. Cells flooded with human waste. Sexual assault. Hundreds of people held in immigration detention at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, Indiana, have suffered these and other abuses, according...

Rock Paper ShotgunNo political lean1 day ago

Microsoft workers accuse company of trying to get customers "addicted" to AI while forcing it on their own staff and making them party to "human rights violations"

A group of "concerned Microsoft workers" have published an open letter criticising their employer's "speed-at-all-costs" approach to generative AI, which they argue is "harming our customers, colleagues, shareholders, vendors, and the...

Daily MailCenter10 days ago

'I've had rape and death threats, spyware on my phone, been detained in the Middle East and had my children threatened' - Irish human rights lawyer reveals the rogue nations targeting her to get to her clients...

'Most frightening of all really has just been the very full on targeting that I've received from China because of my work on the Jimmy Lai case this year,' says human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher

ABC News (US)Leans left8 days ago

Rights group accuses Zambia of violent post-election crackdown on opposition

Zambian authorities forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat and threatened opposition members and supporters, lawyers, journalists and government critics in the days before and after August’s general election, Human Rights Watch said

National PostLeans right12 days ago

Fired metal shredder worker argued that her alcoholism is a disability

The arbitrator found that a more likely explanation is the worker was ‘caught in her misconduct’ and tried to hide behind the Human Rights Code

ReutersCenter12 days ago

Pakistan court jails prominent rights couple for 10 years, family says

Pakistan court jails prominent rights couple for 10 years, family says Reuters

Sky NewsLeans right9 days ago

UN demands investigation into death of staff member in Houthi custody

A Yemeni staff member of the UN Human Rights Office has died in Houthi custody after being arbitrarily held for more ​than two years, the UN human rights chief has said. The UN human rights chief on Saturday demanded an independent...

VarietyLeans left11 days ago

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan on Riding Motorcycles, PR Training & Why She’s Not Devi

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan sits down with Variety's Tiana DeNicola to discuss her new movie 'Best of the Best', having interesting parents, ways she's not like Devi from 'Never Have I Ever', and her My Little Pony voice. 00:00 Intro 01:40...

The Kyiv IndependentLeans left11 days ago

Oleshky evacuation begins but volunteer claims Russia already moved people outside of agreed terms

"Everyone who wishes to leave Oleshky will be given the opportunity to leave safely. At the same time, those who have decided to stay can stay and will receive all the necessary humanitarian support," Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman...

BBC NewsCenter2 days ago

Iran executes three men for 'armed unrest' after January protests

It is claimed Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh were part of anti-government protests earlier this year. Iranian authorities executed three men on Sunday on charges linked to January 2026 protests, the judiciary said, after...

ABC News (US)Leans left4 days ago

4 Cornell lawsuit defendants join effort to oust Letitia James from investigation

NEW YORK (AP) — Four men named in a former Cornell University student’s lawsuit are joining a co-defendant’s effort to block New York’s attorney general from leading a reopened criminal investigation into the woman’s gang rape...

The GuardianLeft1 day ago

‘Outrageous and racist’: premier responds to NSW One Nation candidate’s claim Australians are being ‘demographically replaced’

Chris Minns and human rights commissioner lambast comments made by Stuart Bonds, who leads party’s NSW upper house ticket Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales premier and the Australian Human...

FRANCE 24 EnglishCenter5 days ago

Navi Pillay: Fighting violence with justice

From the International Criminal Court to Africa’s place in the global justice system, the stakes are high. In an exclusive interview, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay will discuss international justice . She says it it must not be...

Global IssuesLeans left4 days ago

Sixty Years on, UN Is Finally Interpreting Freedom of Association

GENEVA, November 6 (IPS) - A right under pressure No one disputes freedom of association. It is in the Constitutions of almost every country, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 22 of the ICCPR, and in regional Articles...

Mother JonesLeft11 days ago

The Little-Known Weapon Behind Some of the Worst Protest Injuries in America

This story is published in partnership with the Human Rights Center at the University of California Berkeley. On the evening of March 28, 2026, USC freshman Tucker Collins was attending a No Kings protest outside the Metropolitan...

ABC News (US)Leans left8 days ago

Attack on Colombian military base kills 4 civilians, including a 2-month-old

Colombia's president plans to slash spending on a transitional justice court. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 lean right.

ABC News (Australia)Center6 days ago

Calls to install toilet to give Adelaide rough sleepers 'basic human right'

Rough sleepers in Adelaide's south-eastern parklands will lose access to their nearest public toilet this month, prompting a call from the nearby Hutt Street Centre and local businesses for a new toilet block.

Raw StoryLeft10 days ago

Trump's hunt for noncitizen voters backfires as docs show 'thousands' of citizens flagged

Experts who got their first look at the Trump administration's list of supposed noncitizen voters found a major problem with it. Lawyers for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), an immigrant advocacy group, told the U.S....