Human Rights Day

16 Days of Activism: Five forms of violence against women with disabilities that must be addressed

One of the biggest concerns when it comes to data on violence against women with disabilities is that we don’t have disaggregated data to assist in showing the heightened violence faced by them.

Human Rights Day 2019: Here’s how you too can make a difference

Fittingly, the theme for this year’s Human Rights Day is “Youth Standing Up For Human Rights”.

Human Rights Day 2019: On 71st anniversary of UDHR, agenda to encourage youth in bringing about peace, justice and equal opportunities

In India, the human rights law was established on September, 1993, following which the Union government constituted the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on 12 October, 1993.

Armed Forces Flag Day: Narendra Modi urges citizens to contribute towards welfare of armed forces, hails their 'indomitable courage' in tweet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended his wishes to the Indian forces on the occasion of Armed Forces Flag Day and hailed their invincible courage

Human Rights Day on 10 December: 70 years since UN adopted resolution, violations still not thing of past

As the world marks 70 years of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights marked as International Human Rights Day, the UN's year-long campaign #Standup4HumanRights draws to a close.

Shujaat Bukhari killed: India lost 48 journalists since 1992 on line of duty; three so far in 2018

Veteran Kashmiri journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead outside his office in Srinagar on Thursday. If it's his work that led to his murder, Bukhari may become the 48th journalist who has been killed in India since 1992 for performing his job

Philippines and Cambodia mark International Human Rights Day with protest and festivities

Masked protesters march for a rally towards the Presidential Palace to mark International Human Rights Day Saturday, 10 December, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The protesters are calling on the Government for an end to extra-judicial killings in the country which already claimed the lives of more than 4,000 people

'Anti-terror Ops shouldn't cause harassment to people in J-K'

Calling for zero human rights violation during counter terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Army's Northern Command Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra on Monday asked the troops to ensure that people are not put to any inconvenience or harassment in the state.