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'Bread, work, freedom': Afghan women protest against Taliban's restriction on their rights
• 3 years agoSince seizing power in August, the Taliban have rolled back the marginal gains made by women during the two decades of US intervention in Afghanistan
Is it a moral obligation to not get sick in a pandemic? COVID-19 complicates rights vs duties debate
• 4 years agoIt is a mistake to think of duties merely as correlated and subordinate to rights.
Why we hunt witches: India’s illiberal impulses may not prove as durable as some fear
Praveen • 4 years agoThat angry Indian debates involve young people pitted against the values of their parents’ generation suggests an upheaval in values lies ahead
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Shivakumara Swami passes away, Opposition's rally and Ravi Shastri's legacy; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoShivakumara Swami passes away, Opposition's rally and Ravi Shastri's legacy; today's must-read stories
Portugal's +Accesso app allows differently abled people to fight for accessibility rights
• 7 years ago+Acesso allows users to file official complaints against public buildings that do not meet accessibility laws.
UK employers working in ‘gig economy’ for companies like Uber deserve more rights
Fp Archives • 8 years agoBritons working in the "gig economy" for firms such as Uber and takeaway food courier Deliveroo deserve more rights said a government-commissioned report.
Nearly 80% of divorced Indian Muslims are women, shows Census 2011 data
Indiaspend • 8 years agoIn India, for every divorced Muslim man, there are four divorced Muslim women, an IndiaSpend analysis of Census 2011 data shows. Across religious communities, except Sikhs, there are more divorced women than men. But the gender skew is particularly sharp among Muslims
Triple talaq: Govt, courts doing their bit but why have 'liberals' abandoned Muslim women?
Sreemoy Talukdar • 8 years agoIt is disheartening to find India's liberals, who should have been at the vanguard of banning triple talaq and led the charge against institutionalised subjugation, go AWOL on this subject
Drone usage is gradually pushing the conversation towards ownership of the sky
Fp Archives • 8 years agoWhen a small town American roofer took legal action against a neighbour for shooting down his drone, the local dispute sparked a case that could help shape the newest frontier of property rights law – who owns the air.
Significant human rights abuses by Indian police security forces in the last year: US report
Fp Archives • 10 years agoAbuses by police and security forces were among the most significant human rights problems in India last year.