Tag: human rights
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Unicef seeks more funds to help Rohingya children
The Unicef on Wednesday said there is an urgent need to raise more funds to continue helping thousands of Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The agency said in a statement that it managed to raise only 7 per cent of the total $76 million it required to continue to help the children...
October 18, 2017 -
Gauri Lankesh named for Anna Politkovskaya Award
Slain journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh will be posthumously awarded the Annual Anna Politkovskaya Award, an award for women human rights defenders from war and conflict zones, for her fearless journalism, it was announced on Thursday. The award has been conferred by international human rights organisation Reach All Women in WAR (RAW in WAR) to...
October 5, 2017 -
UN appeals for $430mn in aid to tackle Rohingya crisis
The UN said on Tuesday that it would appeal for $430 million in aid from the international community to respond to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, a figure which is more than double what was calculated weeks earlier when the number of refugees was lower. Six weeks after the UN relief operations started, Mark...
October 4, 2017 -
UP CM to join ‘Jana Raksha Yatra’ in Kerala on Wednesday
UP CM to join ‘Jana Raksha Yatra’ in Kerala on Wednesday (20:42) New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will join “Jana Raksha Yatra” or “March for People’s Protection” on Wednesday, a day after BJP President Amit Shah launched it on Tuesday from Payyannur in Kannur district, the party said. “Chief...
October 3, 2017 -
3,000 killed in Syria in September: Monitor
Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. Over 70 per cent of the civilians were killed in airstrikes, the monitor’s head Rami Abdel Rahman said. The forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are pressing a battle to retake Islamic State-controlled areas in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, Xinhua news agency reported. A US-led coalition...
October 1, 2017 -
Why they shouldn’t be sent back
Government sources estimate that 40,000 refugees belonging to the Rohingya minority ethnic group have entered Indian territory after escaping persecution in Myanmar. They were subjected to indiscriminate executions, gunfire from helicopters and a scorched-earth campaign apparently designed to destroy Rohingya villages and driving them out of predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. The United Nations estimates that more...
September 28, 2017 -
Governance must be left to those elected to govern: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that he has “great respect” for the judiciary, but governance must be left to those elected to govern. He referred to the Constitution as prepared by the “founding fathers” and praised it for having a defined “power structure”. “We have great respect...
September 22, 2017 -
India needs law on refugees, says Salman Khurshid
India needs a well thought-out law to deal with refugees so that the government of the day does not get carried away by “subjectivity”, says former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid. Being a senior member of the United Nations, New Delhi should also sign international convention and protocol relating to refugees, the senior Congress leader...
September 21, 2017 -
Pakistan PM to attend UNGA session next week
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is set to attend the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said here. On the sidelines of the UNGA, Abbasi will hold bilateral meetings with a number of world leaders and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the ministry said late...
September 16, 2017 -
Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN amid growing Rohingya crisis
Myanmar’s de facto leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. A spokesman for the Presidential office said on Wednesday she had called off her trip for two reasons. “One is the current...
September 13, 2017 -
Rohingyas are illegal migrants, they need to be deported: Kiren Rijiju
Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended the government’s decision to deport Rohingyas, saying they were illegal migrants who did not have same rights as any ordinary Indian. He said that international organisations and human rights bodies were unfairly accusing the government of being harsh towards the Rohingyas. “Let me make...
September 5, 2017 -
SC to hear plea against deportation of Rohingya Muslim refugees
The Supreme Court will hear, on September 11, a plea seeking direction to the Central government not to deport about 40,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar. Directing the hearing of the matter on September 11, the bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday asked petitioner Mohammad...
September 4, 2017 -
SC to hear plea challenging decision to deport Rohingya immigrants
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea, on 4 September, challenging the decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants back to Myanmar, on various grounds including that it violated international human rights conventions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of lawyer...
September 1, 2017 -
Tibetan PM apprises Australian MPs about rights violations
Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has apprised Australian parliamentarians about the "ongoing religious repression and violation of basic human rights in Tibet", his office said on Thursday. Sangay briefed the human rights subcommittee of the Australian parliament on Wednesday in Canberra about the ground situation inside Tibet, particularly with regard to environment, self-immolation protests and...
August 10, 2017 -
Indian RJ axed for calling South Africa’s Jacob Zuma ‘zombie’
Veteran Indian-origin radio presenter Ravi Naidoo Govender has been fired by South Africa's public broadcaster for allegedly making derogatory remarks on his Facebook page against President Jacob Zuma. Lotus FM radio presenter Govender caused a stir after posting comments on the social media platform following Zuma's address at the African National Congress' National Policy Conference...
July 4, 2017 -
Punjab human rights panel takes congnisance of lack of hospital facilities
The Punjab Human Rights Commission (PHRC) on Thursday took a strict congnisance of poor functioning of a civil hospital in Kurali, about 30 km from Chandigarh. Commission members had found a number of shortcomings at the hospital during a surprise check earlier this week . After the visit at the hospital, the Commission recommended to...
June 29, 2017 -
Angelina Jolie urges children to fight for universal human rights
Actress Angelina Jolie, who is UNHCR Special Envoy and harnesses her fame to help child refugees in war-torn countries of the world, has urged children to stand up and help the adults in order to fight for universal human rights. Jolie, 42, spoke up at a performance at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday night...
June 27, 2017