India’s human rights record in 2011 ‘disappointing’: HRW
New York, January 31: India’s human rights record in 2011 got a thumbs down from a leading global rights group for its “failure” to protect vulnerable communities and rapped the…
Sri Lanka Watch
While the West, UN, Tamil Diaspora and the Human Rights community throughout the world have been trying to book Sri Lanka on the human rights violation during the last days…
A terrifying existence
RICHARD L BENKIN Why this silence on organised anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh? Reports began trickling out of Bangladesh this spring about an anti-Hindu violence in the heart of its capital…
Hindu traders looted, kidnapped in Pakistan
Islamabad, February 13: Unidentified armed men kidnapped a Hindu trader in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, police has said. Sham Lal was travelling with his family to Karachi…
Pakistani Sikhs demand Senate seat
Karachi, January 26: Pakistan’s Sikh community has demanded a Senate seat be reserved for their community in the upcoming elections. “We currently have no representative in the National Assembly or…
Plight of Sri Lankan Indian Tamils in India: Indian media should display greater sensitivity and responsibility
Prof. V SURYANARAYAN and ASHIK BONOFER In a news report in the Chennai edition of The Hindu dated March 12, 2011 headlined “Kerala Tightening Vigil on TN border to curb…
France violated Sikh’s right to wearing turban: UN
The UN rights committee has said France violated the religious freedom of a 76-year-old Sikh when he was asked to remove his turban for his ID photograph. The UN Human…
Indian-origin British lawyer Jas Uppal fights for Kargil martyr
Twelve years after the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, a new ‘battle’ is on – to get justice for an Indian Army officer who was tortured by Pakistani troops…
India raises stone-pelting on Indian fishermen with Sri Lanka
New Delhi, January 23: India Monday said it has raised the issue of stone-pelting on Indian fishing boats in Sri Lankan waters. “We have seen reports of incidents involving stone…
Krishna brings healing touch to Tamils
Kilinochchi (Sri Lanka), January 18: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited this former Tamil Tiger hub Wednesday and gifted medical equipment to a hospital, unveiled a renovated school and…