Such orders strike at the foundation of a new and modern India where inclusiveness is the basis of the social fabric and where diversity is not only acknowledged, but also…
LGBTQIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS “It is absolutely imperative that every human being’s freedom and human rights are respected, all over the world.” is an iconic quote by Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir that…
Recent Rulings Criticize Police, Officials for Discrimination, Fabricated Charges India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government and its prominent supporters have been responding to recent international criticism of widespread discrimination…
https://youtu.be/u9eqbmTI_hQ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL ROMA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYSpeaker : Orhan Galjus (Journalist & Roma Activists)Date : Aug 2, 2020
This page brings together the work done at EU and global level to promote the rights of older persons. While our rights do not change as we grow older, older persons…
The Sri Lankan president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Tuesday savored a victory that had eluded every Sri Lankan head of state before him: he declared on television that after more than…
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out two aerial bombing attacks. The first, which took place at about 10:22 p.m., was aimed at a military camp of Thallady…
For many years, Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war kept tourists at bay. When the 26-year conflict between the Tamil ethnic minority and the government ended in 2009, tourists flocked to the island…