Tag: Rights

Child Rights Movement (CRM), an alliance of 24 civil society organisations has demanded the immediate establishment of the National Commission for Child Welfare and...

The UN human rights chief warned Friday against bounty hunters who may be seeking to kill Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, saying that all assasinations...

The UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday ordered a probe into violations committed by the Syrian regime during its crackdown on popular protests. By 33...

Child Rights Movement (CRM) and SPARC, two NGOs working for the rights of children, have launched an advocacy campaign for the ratification of the...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday he would safeguard the rights of the people and would even launch a long...

Amnesty International on Thursday called for a detailed investigation into how police shot and killed three Indian farmers during a protest over the construction...

People will reject those elements, who deny them their fundamental rights, Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Aashiq Awan said on Saturday. She was...

British rights groups and lawyers said Thursday they would boycott an inquiry into alleged secret service involvement in the torture of terror suspects, accusing...

The government should honour its international commitments to recognise labour rights and implement the decisions of the ILO Convention C-177 for home workers and...

Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country on Friday, the Syrian human rights organisation Sawasiah...

National Assembly Speaker, Dr Fehmida Mirza said on Friday that in order to consolidate women’s position the government was reaffirming their international commitments and...

Prosecutors in Munich have charged a former senior executive at a German bank for allegedly taking bribes from Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone in...

Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Monday announced to hold a grand rally outside the parliament house on August 11 to force the government...

Islamabad police arrested 25 protestors of Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) on Friday as they had tried to encircle the US embassy during a protest...

Saif Ali Khan’s film production company Illuminati Films has acquired the rights of a popular Pakistani song for its upcoming movie. The film, a love...

Iran plans to try in absentia 26 US officials is believes violated human rights, the latest attempt to turn the tables on Western accusations...

Germany and China held their first joint cabinet meeting Tuesday and were to ink billions in new business contracts, but Premier Wen Jiabao warned...