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Increasing crackdown in Cambodia a threat to fundamental human rights: UNHRC

Increasing crackdown in Cambodia a threat to fundamental human rights: UNHRC

Cambodia - Cambodian government’s increasing crackdown and suppression of political opponents, critics and activists is violating fundamental human rights of the people, said UN monitors probing human rights crisis in Cambodia. The report on stifling

Rohingya refugee activists targeted, HRW demands action

Rohingya refugee activists targeted, HRW demands action

Bangladesh - Global human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch has urged the Bangladeshi authorities and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members to take required measures urgently to protect Rohingya refugee activists. The leaders and

Egypt Releases Human Rights Document To Avoid Backlash From America

Egypt Releases Human Rights Document To Avoid Backlash From America

Egypt - Egypt has finally released a human rights strategy for the first time in decades in September under quite a lot of criticism. The country is known for having throttled free press and speech

Ongoing battle for Human Rights in Ethiopia

Ongoing battle for Human Rights in Ethiopia

Ethiopia - In Ethiopia all the national and regional police forces are responsible for law enforcement and maintenance of order. They work in collaboration with Ethiopia National Defense Force which in turn provides internal security

Girl Child Most Unsafe In African Continent: Report

Girl Child Most Unsafe In African Continent: Report

Malawi, Africa - The state of girls in Malawi is getting worst by the day. Used earlier as child brides, these girls today are being trafficked for labor as well.  The girl child is just

Figures show 350 odd crimes being committed against children daily in India in 2020

Figures show 350 odd crimes being committed against children daily in India in 2020

India - As per the latest data, there were around 1,48,185 cases of crime against children in 2019. It equates to 400 such crimes everyday committed in India is against children. Officials from the child rights

Where does Europe stand on LGBTQ rights? How gay marriage has brought differences in the region?

Where does Europe stand on LGBTQ rights? How gay marriage has brought differences in the region?

Europe - Europe has been under scanner for its conservatism for a long time. Despite exhibiting some of the most developed, financially stable nations, it has been under severe scrutiny for its LGBTQ rights, which

Human Rights Organizations appeal to Biden Administration to be more inclusive about Immigrants in United States(US)

Human Rights Organizations appeal to Biden Administration to be more inclusive about Immigrants in United States(US)

United States- 57 civil and human rights organizations write to higher organizations to reconsider and prioritize a pathway for citizenship and immigrants in the budget reconciliation bill. These people who come to United States as

One-Stop Service available for Migrant Workers in Taiwan

One-Stop Service available for Migrant Workers in Taiwan

Taiwan - Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor (MOL) announced that they are drafting a plan to provide newly arrived migrant workers with a "one-stop" service. With this new policy it will enable them to have access

Russia furthers its crackdown on human rights groups

Russia furthers its crackdown on human rights groups

Russia - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed dismay at the Russian authorities’ strict action against three local human rights groups. Bringing the ‘foreign organizations law’ into practice, authorities imposed arbitrary, draconian bureaucratic penalties against