From enshrining women’s rights in the Constitution of India, to tweaking the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights so it didn’t exclude women, this extract from a new book lays out how Mumbai freedom fighter Hansa Mehta fought to empower all women
11 August,2024 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Team SMDThe Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately answer faxed questions seeking comment on the report and its official policies toward Muslim minorities
22 November,2023 09:00 AM IST | Hong Kong | APHuman Rights Watch has expressed serious concerns about Israel's use of white phosphorus in its military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, stating that it places civilians at risk of severe and long-term injuries
13 October,2023 10:11 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentHuman Rights Watch on Wednesday said that the Pakistan government should immediately transfer civilians set to be tried in military courts to the civilian justice system. Trying civilians before military courts violates Pakistan’s obligations under international human rights law to ensure the due process and fair trial rights of criminal suspects
31 May,2023 01:57 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentThe Gulf state, where homosexuality is illegal, strongly denied that anyone has been detained because of their sexual orientation and condemned the rights group’s reporting
25 October,2022 10:04 AM IST | Mumbai | AFPSaudi Arabia has executed 48 people in the past four months, half on non-violent drug charges, Human Rights Watch said, urging the kingdom to improve its "notoriously unfair" criminal justice system.
27 April,2018 07:59 AM IST | Dubai | AgenciesNidhi Goyal has made a mark as a disability rights activist, a vivid voice on gender justice and now, India's first disabled stand-up comedian
29 June,2018 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Suman Mahfuz Quazi"Sexual violence in North Korea is an open, unaddressed, and widely tolerated secret," said HRW executive director Kenneth Roth
05 November,2018 10:53 AM IST | Seoul | AFPMbS, who is expected to attend the G20 Summit in Argentina on November 30, may be taken to task as the Defence Minister of the Kingdom
28 November,2018 10:20 AM IST | Buenos Aires | Agencies"The authorities should promptly investigate reports of women being coerced into exchanging sex for food and appropriately punish anyone using their position of power to exploit and abuse women," he added
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