NEW YORK: Vietnam should drop charges against human rights defender Hoang Duc Binh and another defendant, Nguyen Nam Phong, and immediately release them, Human Rights Watch said today. Criminal trials for the two…
MEXICO CITY: Police have discovered at least 33 human skulls buried in western Mexico, authorities said on Tuesday, the latest grisly find in a region that has suffered from increasing violence between…
SAN JOSE: A Latin American human rights court said on Tuesday that countries in the region should legalise same-sex unions, endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite opposition from the Roman…
TEHRAN: Human rights activists in Iran have raised concerns about mass arrests during the country’s largest protests in nearly a decade after at least three demonstrators died in a notorious Tehran jail. Two members…
For many of the trainees this is their shot at an average life. For many of us, the idea of living a ‘normal’ life may seem boring, but for transgendered people ‘normal’ is perpetually out of reach. Or at least it was before initiatives such as the one that landed them into an ice cream parlour.
A recent research has shown process of evolution of human hip bone is not as much complicated as it was thought. The study was based on a comparison of genetic distances between…
30 years ago the American Helicopter Society (AHS) set up the Sikorsky human-powered helicopter competition. The AHS named the prize in honour of Igor Sikorsky, who designed the world’s first mass-produced Helicopter,…
Human livers have been kept ‘alive’ outside the body using a device designed by British scientists. At the moment, transplant organs are put on ice and are mostly used within 14 hours…
By the end of the century, humans will get unwanted bragging rights: They will be living in temperatures hotter than any endured by their ancestors, reports the Los Angeles Times. Such is…
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday expressed concern over the rise in violent incidents across the country. In a statement, the Commission said: “HRCP notes with great alarm the…
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Human Rights Cell paid rich tributes to late Benazir Bhutto on her 5th death anniversary. While talking to APP, the PPP Human Rights Cell Central Coordinator Dr…
Society for Human Rights and Prisoners Aid (SHARP) on Thursday organised a one-day training workshop for capacity building of police officials in police training schools on titled Human and Refugee Rights in…
Fighting may have shaped the evolution of the human hand, according to a new study by a US team. The University of Utah researchers used instruments to measure the forces and acceleration…
Adviser to Prime Minister on Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar on Monday said that Pakistanis are battling against a mindset that is in contradiction with human rights, and particularly women rights. He…
The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has planned the “Malala Schools” programme for children in disaster hit areas across the country. NCHD Chairwoman Dr Nafisa Shah said Malala Yousafzai was a…
One of three Florida men who stole and snorted human and dog ashes was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison. Jose David Diaz-Marrero, 20, committed a series of burglaries…
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested two persons including a proclaimed offender involved in illegal human trafficking and cheating unemployed youth. FIA’s Anti Human Trafficking Cell apprehended former Gurjat Police Constable…
