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Accountability
UN Report Holds China Responsible for ‘Serious Human Rights Violations’ in Xinjiang; China Rebuts Strongly
The OHCHR report released on Wednesday points to “allegations of patterns of torture, or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention”...
Accountability
Private Sector Employment: Do Gatekeepers Indeed Believe in Equal Opportunities?
As if it is a comment on the times we live in, the fictitious Hindu woman job applicant named Priyanka Sharma received 208 positive...
Freedom of speech and expression
Chronicle of a Tragedy Unfolded
While officially, the burqa ban is justified on grounds of need for uniformity and wearing of hijab is not seen as necessary to religious...
Civil society
Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Reform Charm Offensive
On 22 March 2022, Sri Lankan lawmakers have approved a range of reforms to the country’s controversial anti-terror law. Activist groups, some Western governments and international bodies continue...
Civil society
Sri Lanka: UN Report Describes Alarming Rights Situation
UN's human rights body has recommended targeted sanctions on Sri Lankan rights violators, pursuing justice for international crimes and providing asylum for Sri Lankans...
Education
Education: Budget cuts funds for minority education bodies
Muslims and other religious minorities in India have been lagging behind on development indicators pertaining to educational attainment, gender equality and workforce participation.
Jawed A...
Civil society
Women’s voices raised against hate in India
The Fearless Collective is a movement that helps citizens move from fear to love through the creation of participatory art in public space.
By Mehru Jaffer /...
Education for all
The humble hijab courts an unnecessary controversy
Many Muslim girls chose to wear hijabs. That choice cannot be denied unless they are violating any law or accepted norms of decency in...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat wave in recorded history this April with forecasts showing no...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
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Bangladesh witnesses longest heat wave in 76 years
Meteorologists said that Bangladesh is experiencing its longest heat...
Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...