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- Pakistan launches first home-made observation satellite
- Govt reaffirms zero tolerance on shrine attacks, urges complaints
- BNP demands withdrawal of vat on over 100 products
- Met office assumes dry weather nationwide
- Marma girl's accident injury being propagated as communal murder
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Human Rights Commission to hold police accountable
The Police Reform Commission proposed that the Human Rights Commission will ensure police accountability and will expand its scoop in need. A total of 15 recommendations have been made in the report including reducing usages of lethal weapons and implementing a five-step approach to mob control....
HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions, reports AFP. In a new report, which focused specifically on...
Human Rights Watch warns new El Salvador laws threaten free expression, privacy
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised alarm over El Salvadors newly approved cybersecurity and data protection laws, warning that the legislation could undermine media freedom and citizens privacy rights. The laws, passed by the Legislative Assembly on November 12, 2024, give the government sweeping...
International Human Rights Day today
The International Human Rights Day is being observed in the country like elsewhere in the world on Tuesday in a befitting manner with the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, reports BSS. Different organizations and human rights campaigners chalked out elaborate programs marking the day....
Ambassador Jurg Lauber elected president of UN Human Rights Council for 2025
The United Nations Human Rights Council has elected its leadership for the coming year, selecting Ambassador Jürg Lauber of Switzerland as its President for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2025, according to a statement. Ambassadors Tareq Md Ariful Islam of Bangladesh, Razvan Rusu of...
UN calls human rights pillar for positive change
Today, 10 December, marks World Human Rights Day, with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) emphasizing the critical role of human rights in shaping a better future. In a message to observe the day, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk highlighted the enduring...
Everyone must come forward to establish true democracy: Tarique Rahman
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman said everyone must come forward in the journey of establishing true democracy while safeguarding the human rights and let this be our firm commitment on the UN-declared Human Rights Day. He said this in a message on Monday on the occasion of the UN-declared...
Saudi prince uses fund to expand power, commit abuses: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Saudi Arabias de facto ruler is using the kingdoms oil wealth fund to finance vanity projects associated with numerous human rights violations. A 93-page report from the New York-based group describes how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has...
HRW accuses Israel of war crimes
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) finds that the Israeli authorities have caused massive and deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, in what amounts to a war crime, reports Al Jazeera. The report author Nadia Hardman published the report in a press conference Thursday....
Roundtable meeting on ‘100 Days of Student-People's Revolution’
A roundtable meeting organized by The Millennium University and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) on the theme 100 Days of Student-Peoples Revolution convened prominent political leaders, civil society representatives, and journalists to discuss the current political landscape and...
US launches airstrikes on Syria in latest military attack
US forces launched a large-scale airstrike on Monday, targeting nine facilities linked to various Iranian-backed groups in Syria, according to a statement from US Central Command (Centcom). The strike is part of ongoing efforts to counter Iranian influence in the region. The US military has...
70% of Gaza war dead women and children: UN
The United Nations Human Rights Office said that it has verified 8,119 killings of Palestinians in Gaza that came in the first seven months of Israels war on the enclave, reports Al Jazeera. Nearly 70 percent of the verified deaths were women and children, it said, condemning what it called...
US special envoy to visit Europe to discuss North Korean human rights
The US Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues Ambassador Julie Turner will commence on a crucial European tour from November 5th to 8th, 2024. Her itinerary includes visits to London and Paris, where she will engage in high-level discussions with government officials, civil society...
UN fact-finding mission likely to finalise its report by early Dec: Türk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the independent UN Fact Finding Mission, which is investigating atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh, would hopefully finalise its report by the first week of December, reports BSS....
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Bangladesh, where he will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and civil society representatives, among others. During his visit, the High Commissioner is due to meet with the...