India: NHRC DG(I) to investigate custodial death in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: National Human Rights Commission has taken serious note of an under-trail prisoner death in Alipingal jail of Jagatsinghpur District in Indian eastern State Odisha. The Commission Order it’s Director General (Invetstigation) to inquiry into the matter and...

We are with you, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar for the last couple of decades was blended with trauma under the bloody realm of Military Juntas which makes headline every other day. Rangoon, despite being a member of United Nations plainly nullifies  the international principles on human rights and carries out...

Sri Lanka destroys evidence, prevents ICRC access - Prof. Boyle

Sri Lankan state terrorism is rushing to remove evidence of its war crimes. The makeshift hospital doctors are abducted at the Omanthai Sri Lankan Army checkpoint. These doctors are the eye witnesses to many...

Death of Child in Indian Jail, NHRC fined Govt.

The National Human Rights Commission of India has recommended central state Uttar Pradesh government to pay One Lakh rupees as monetary relief to the bereaved mother, who delivered a female child in a jail and lost her due to inadequate medical facilities and lack of...

LTTE welcomes US initiative, asks Sri Lanka to listen to IC

In a statement released on Monday, April 20, 2009, the LTTE said that it appreciates the genuine concerns expressed by the United States Government's statement dated 16th April 2009, on the escalating...

Sri Lanka: Lasantha Wickrematunge’s wife asks for justice

Sri Lanka continues to be a threat to human rights and journalists freedom. " Slain Lasantha Wickrematunge’s wife complains of inaction to IGP [TamilNet, Friday, 27 March 2009, 08:35 GMT] “The statements made by senior members of the government show unequivocally that...

Migrant Workers in Singapore: The View from Inside

Migrant workers from Bangladesh are part of a growing number who are being ripped off in highly organised scams. Workers are leaving their homes for the promise of money and security in Singapore, only to discover...

Ostracised Indian AIDS victim dies

By Akhand in Bhubaneswar (India): Nava Pradhan (named changed), the 42-year-old HIV-infected grade-four staff of a nationalised bank at Kendrapara in Indian coastal state Orissa, died at his home on Tuesday. He was pushed into a state of deep agony and distress from where...

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