Human Rights
US labour rights icon, feminist Dolores Huerta dies at 96
The civil rights activist spent decades fighting for farmworkers’ rights, gender equality and social justice, earning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
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At least 60 Orthodox Christians killed in attacks in Ethiopia's Oromia region
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reported two attacks in Arsi Zone that killed 60 people and wounded more than 20.
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India rejects negative portrayal, says human rights should not be used for political pressure at UN
More than 20 UN human rights experts in Geneva expressed alarm over what they described as a 'repeatedly heavy-handed police response' to peaceful youth-led demonstrations in the national capital.
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Lawsuits, censorship and fear: The growing pressure on journalists in Mexico | World News Day Special
In Mexico, the state Human Rights Commission and activists are promoting legislation to protect human rights, defenders and journalists.
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Spain housing crisis: Thousands protest after 87-year-old woman evicted from Madrid home
Tens of thousands marched on Saturday demanding stronger tenant protections and limits on evictions.
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Mexicans demand justice for 43 students who disappeared 12 years ago
Families of the Ayotzinapa students marched through Mexico City demanding truth and justice over their unresolved disappearance.
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Mahsa Amini’s death: Amnesty says Iran committed crimes against humanity in 2022 crackdown
Four years ago, the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini after her arrest by Iran’s morality police sparked months of anti-government protests.
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Haryana Human Rights Commission orders free water supply to 500 families without public water
The commission has sought reports from the authorities and directed free and uninterrupted water supply through government tankers to the society residents in the interim period.
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Pakistan's Balochistan records sharp rise in enforced disappearances, killings in 2025: Report
Human Rights Council of Balochistan report documented 598 killings in 2025, representing an approximately 25% increase from the previous year.
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Supreme Court seeks Union, states' response on police posts revealing accused identities
The PIL further seeks directions to Meta Platforms Inc and X Corp to frame appropriate policies and user guidelines for their platforms.
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15 years of story telling: Iranian photojournalist faces prison
Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery was earlier sentenced to eight years in prison for covering the nationwide 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement.
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‘Life begins at conception’: Tamil Nadu Speaker’s pro-life stand sparks debate
Critics pointed to the Supreme Court of India's 2021 ruling, which upheld a woman's reproductive autonomy and the right to a safe abortion as a fundamental right.
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Paank condemns killings and enforced disappearances in Balochistan
According to Paank, the four cases reflect what it calls "a disturbing pattern in which Baloch men are taken into custody or forcibly disappear, kept beyond judicial oversight, and later found dead."
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Does 'man' include women? A debate that shaped Western history
The power of sexist language, in fact, rests on a question medieval scholars debated centuries ago: did the terms “man” and “mankind” include women, or men alone?
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