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President Murmu hails newly introduced women's reservation Bill as "most transformative revolution for gender justice in our times". She spoke of govt's efforts to ensure basic facilities for the poor, and urged nations of Asia Pacific to work together to protect human rights & conserve nature. NHRC Chairperson Justice Arun…

United Nations human rights experts are criticizing Venezuela’s government for stepping up efforts to curtail democratic freedoms

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation that the Indian government was involved in the assassination on Canadian soil of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate, will undoubtedly erode Canadian-Indian relations at a time when the West is trying to appeal to India.

Civil society groups condemn APF for acceding to NHRC's request to host 28th Biannual Conference in New Delhi, citing NHRC's dismal performance & lack of action to protect marginalised groups. They allege NHRC is using conference to white wash its sins & call on APF to see through politicization.

Leading up to the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, there is widespread speculation about who will win.

Ukrainian president addresses UN summit; Biden warns against allowing Russia to ‘brutalize’ Ukraine without consequences

Taxpayers fund a lot of university research in the U.S., and these findings published in scholarly journals often produce major breakthroughs in medicine, vehicle safety, food safety, criminal justice, human rights and other topics that benefit the public at large.

Report identifies ‘toxic culture’ and potential breaches of human rights law relating to torture and inhuman treatment

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate whose killing two months ago is at the center of a widening breach between India and Canada, was called a human rights activist by Sikh organizations and a terrorist by India’s government