Human Rights Violations : All

Peoples Dispatch
UN Postpones Regional Conference on Torture in Egypt, After Rights Groups Oppose It
23 Aug 2019
Activists oppose UN’s choice of Egypt as the venue for the conference, citing the alarmingly high incidence of human rights violations in the country.
Peoples Dispatch
United Nations’ Second Report on Kashmir Raises Tough Questions
12 Jul 2019
The report questions the inaction on the part of Indian and Pakistani governments in addressing and implementing the recommendations of its previous June 2018 report, adding that the accountability…
Zoe PC
Assassination and Intimidation of Social Leaders Continues Unabated in Colombia
26 Jun 2019
The brutal assassination of María del Pilar Hurtado in front of her 9-year old son on June 21 shook the country to its core. The very next day, Andrés Chica, who demanded justice for Maria, was…
Newsclick Report
J&K: Amnesty Denied Permission to Release Report on PSA
13 Jun 2019
The report has called for the repeal of the draconian Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA) after analysing case studies of 210 detainees.
Peoples Dispatch
Soldiers Who Massacred Rohingyas Freed from Prison
29 May 2019
The gross human rights violations committed by the Myanmar military on the pretext of national security and counter-insurgency operations has forced over 730,000 Rohingyas to flee the country.
Peoples Dispatch
Around the World in 8 Minutes
14 May 2019
In this episode, Peoples Dispatch takes a look into the assassination of Colombian filmmaker Mauricio Lezama, and the South Africa election results. We also report on the trade union protests in…
Peoples Dispatch
Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy and Others ask Swedish PM to Step up Support for Ola Bini
24 Apr 2019
The letter by activists, intellectuals and software developers calls on the Swedish government to intercede on the behalf of Ola Bini to ensure the release of the privacy activist.
Saurav Datta
Report Finds Environment, Human Rights Violations by BALCO in Daldali, Chhattisgarh
29 Mar 2019
The ‘groundtruthing’ report alleges continuing violations of laws by the company’s bauxite ore mining project, threatening the health and livelihood of people in the area.
Peoples Dispatch
Transnational Oil Companies May be Complicit in War Crimes in South Sudan, UN Warns
07 Mar 2019
Chinese, Indian and Malaysian firms have been partnering with the militarized state-run oil company. Transnational oil companies have been assisting the government troops by allowing them to use the…
Peoples Dispatch
“Don’t Give Additional Time to Sri Lanka”, Mothers of Disappeared Persons Tell The UN
28 Feb 2019
Families of tens of thousands of Tamils are still waiting for justice for the mass atrocities committed by the Sri Lankan government during the civil war that lasted 26 years.