Tag: human rights
Norway violated mass killer Breivik’s human rights, court rules
Norway violated mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's human rights by keeping him in a "completely locked world" after being sentenced for killing 77 people...
China issues tit-for-tat report on US human rights situation
Report says ‘Though the US repeatedly vowed to defend human rights, it still has not ratified core human rights conventions of the UN, and...
Anti-state violence in Pakistan fell below 2008 levels in 2015: report
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in its 'State of Human Rights in 2015 report' found that anti-state violence in Pakistan over the past...
Pakistani girl wins UN poster competition
The UN Human Rights Office on Friday announced the two winners of a poster contest for children to illustrate what freedom means to them.
The...
Kasur child abuse scandal: Punjab govt yet to implement preventive measures
Five months after the Kasur child pornography scandal report, the Punjab government is yet to implement the preventive measures and devise policy in order...
Govt announces strategy to promote, protect human rights
Minister says free legal aid will be provided to vulnerable persons by the govt
Pervaiz Rashid says ministry would soon finalize summary for constitution of...
Human rights groups urge US to grant asylum to Bangladesh bloggers
A coalition of human rights groups on Monday urged the United States to offer emergency sanctuary to secular writers from Bangladeshi writers after a...
HRCP moot calls for GSP Plus compliance
The government and the trade community must act expeditiously and in concert to ensure compliance with the GSP Plus conditionalities if they want to...
Civil society urges govt to scrap cybercrime bill for violating human...
A joint statement from international and domestic civil society organisations on Tuesday expressed serious concerns on the ‘Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015’ –...
China says US human rights report biased
A US congressional commission's criticism of China's human rights record did not "accord with the facts", the Chinese government said, the latest friction over...
China says US human rights report biased
A US congressional commission's criticism of China's human rights record did not "accord with the facts", the Chinese government said, the latest friction over...
Selection of Saudia Arabia to head UN human rights panel sparks...
The United Nations has come under criticism over giving a key human rights role to Saudi Arabia despite the Kingdom’s notorious record on freedoms...
Govt asked to ensure compliance on intl human rights treaties
A Roundtable was organised by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) on the ‘Role of an Independent National Commission for Human Rights’, the roundtable was held...
China slams US human rights record in annual report
China on Friday slammed the United States for a “terrible human rights record”, denouncing it for police brutality and global surveillance a day after...
‘Barring women from voting tantamount to organised rigging’
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Law, Justice and Human Rights Ashtar Ausaf Ali Sunday said that barring women from casting vote in Lower...
‘Journos lacking grip on human rights area’
Addressing a media training workshop titled "Human Rights Reporting", organised by Pak Institute for Peace Studies in collaboration with Canadian High Commission in Islamabad,...
Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court
The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights,...
