Tag: human rights
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‘Fundamentally discriminatory’: UN rights body expresses concern over India’s Citizenship Act
The rights body said that the amended law 'appears to undermine the commitment to equality before the law enshrined in India's Constitution'.
December 14, 2019 -
Privacy in the digital age
This nine-judge Bench for the first time engaged in an intense debate with legal scholars and prominent lawyers on whether or not privacy is a fundamental right in the Constitution.
November 15, 2019 -
Restrictions imposed in J-K by Centre to be reviewed from time to time: SC
The three judge bench asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to provide clarity on Centre's plan of imposing unprecedented restrictions in the Valley.
October 24, 2019 -
India should ‘fully uphold’ rights of religious freedom and protect minorities: US
Amid rising cases of mob-lynching and culprits roaming free with impunity, Alice Wells reminded India that its Constitution mandates a secular state that upholds the rights of all citizens to practice religion freely, freedom of expression and speech, and equal treatment before the law.
October 22, 2019 -
Support India’s development agenda but concerned about situation in Kashmir: US
According to government sources, hundreds remain in detention - many without charges, under the draconian Public Safety Act, which allows for administrative detention of up to two years.
October 22, 2019 -
11 Tibetans detained by TN Police ahead of Xi Jinping’s arrival
Jinping is on a two-day visit to Chennai for the second India-China Informal Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mahabalipuram.
October 11, 2019 -
US ‘interfering in internal affairs’: China on visa restrictions against govt officials
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has previously called China’s treatment of Uighurs one of the 'worst stains on the world' and likened the camps to actions by Nazi Germany.
October 9, 2019 -
US announces visa curbs on Chinese govt officials over abuse of Muslims in Xinjiang
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that China has 'forcibly detained over one million Muslims in a brutal, systematic campaign to erase religion and culture in Xinjiang'.
October 9, 2019 -
US Senator ‘disturbed’ by restrictions on communication and movement in Kashmir
Last month two members of the US House of Representatives also wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take notice of the communication blackout in Kashmir.
October 9, 2019 -
Priyanka Gandhi attacks Centre over detention of children in Kashmir
Since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 many citizens including 144 children as young as 9, and local leaders have been detained under 'preventative detention.'
October 4, 2019 -
Communication blackout in J-K not good for democracy: Ashok Gehlot
The Rajasthan Chief Minister said India earned global respect because its governments have always tried to strengthen the democracy.
September 15, 2019 -
‘Accidental war with India a possibility’: Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi at UNHRC
The comment comes weeks after a Pakistani minister had reportedly predicted a 'full-blown war between Pakistan and India likely to occur in the month of October or November'.
September 13, 2019 -
‘Terror epicentre’ Pak speaking on human rights ‘audacious’: India on UNHRC clash
On reports of Pakistan denying India a second consular access to jailed Kulbhushan Jadhav, Raveesh Kumar said that India will keep trying to see that the ICJ judgement is fully implemented.
September 12, 2019 -
Pak ‘breeding ground for terror’, says Baloch activist as Islamabad targets India on Kashmir
The Baloch activist minced no words in stating that Pakistan is also a 'threat for the world as it is a rogue state and there is no law or justice'.
September 12, 2019 -
Pak FM calls Kashmir ‘Indian state’ after making false claims on situation in Valley at UNHRC
Meanwhile, India is expected to assert its well-articulated position that restrictions were imposed to save human lives and cite the record that not a single civilian has died there in the last one month in any police action.
September 10, 2019 -
Purported Pak dossier on Kashmir cites quotes by Rahul, Omar Abdullah; Sitharaman fumes
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lashed out at the Congress leader saying that his statements help Pakistan more than India.
September 10, 2019 -
Big India-Pak clash at UNHRC today; Imran Khan welcomes UN rights chief remarks on Kashmir
Pakistan has been desperate since the Centre decided to abolish the special status of Jammu and Kashmir granted under Article 370 of the Constitution.
September 10, 2019