Source: The Daily Star By Sushmita S Preetha Forty-two years after the Liberation War, sentiments of liberation were rekindled as thousands yesterday refused to leave the street and go home until their demand for capital punishment for war criminals were met. The spontaneous agitation began on Tuesday afternoon shortly after a […]
Source: ET HRW report has claimed that the Pakistan government has failed to act against abuses by security and intelligence agencies. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: A spokesperson of Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) has termed the Human Rights Watch (HRW) recent report a pack of lies, propaganda driven and totally biased. More:
Indonesia: Confront Intolerance in 2013 Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director Indonesia’s growing regional prominence is being held back by the government’s failure to confront intolerance of the country’s diverse political […]
First, a note from the the editor: Allah says about Rasool Allah Mohammed Mustafa (saw) in Qur’an-e-Majeed as: Chapter 33:22: Verily you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who hopes to meet Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much. Chapter 21:108: And […]
He said, “All of you are equal. All men, whatever nation or tribe they belong to, and whatever station in life they may hold, are equal…an Arab possesses no superiority […]
Epigraph: “O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
Huffingtonpost: In his superb article ‘A Human Rights Wish-list for 2013’, Jack Healey encouraged us to chose our own wish-list. I have taken up that suggestion. My 10-point wish-list is […]
When an influential Israeli businessman predicts a Muslim holocaust, the time has come to dial down the Islamophobia Anti-Islam protest, UK 2010 By S. Taalay Ahmed In 1954, psychologist Gordon Allport devised a […]
Source: Jakarta Post Insight: Protecting all members of our human family By: Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, New York | Insight I am a great champion of the power of […]
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
Posted on 2012-12-11 ( 496 reads ) Quetta : Baloch Human Rights Organisation (BHRO) staged simultaneous protest rallies in front of Quetta Press club and Arts council Karachi on International Day for Human Rights on Monday. A large number of Baloch women and children participated in the protest to urge […]
Source: Global voices. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is an ongoing tribunal in Bangladesh that was set up to investigate and provide justice regarding the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. It is claimed that up to three million people were […]
Source: The Express Tribune (ET) In a welcome development recently, the Sindh High Court directed provincial law officers to comment on a petition that seeks to include a human rights […]
Three alleged incidents in the past few days have gone relatively unnoticed: the desecration of over 120 Ahmadi community graves in close neighbourhood of the Sharifs’ mansions in Model Town, […]
from Twitter: SabahatMS@SabahatMS Another #Ahmadi Muslim, Maqsood Ahmad Sahib is martyred in Quetta, #Pakistan today! His brother was martyred last month in November! Ayesha Abbas @ayesha_malik_ “@SaleemudDinAA Maqsood Ahmad sahib of Quetta was murdered today at 9 AM PST in Allah’s way. He left behind two children & a widow. […]
Source: The Daily Beast by Allison Yarrow A young woman from Williamsburg’s tightly knit Satmar community breaks with it to stand by her allegation that a community elder raped her. “He watched me when I was young. He always waited for me and said he knew I was going to […]
Huff Post: Rabbi Arik Ascherman. We Israelis must remember that our greater power entails greater responsibility. When we hear “There would be no attacks on Gaza if their would be no rockets on the Western Negev,” we must remind our fellow Israelis that this may be true, but we can […]
GlobalPost: Evidence suggests its human rights record has ‘deteriorated substantially.’ Dawood I. AhmedNovember 24, 2012 09:24 Pakistani missing persons families hold pictures of their missing people as they staged a demonstration in Karachi in 2007. Scores of individuals and civil liberty groups observe the International Human Rights Day in Pakistan. […]
Compiled from sources by Abdul Alim: Lawyer, Diplomat, Jurist par excellence, Sir Zafarullah Khan was a tireless champion of the Muslim cause. Given the flare up in Israel Palestinian issue, […]
Humanity First Volunteers meet President Obama while helping victims of Hurrican Sandy: See Video here President Obama Thanks Volunteers from Canada Humanity First Canada Volunteers Help Victims of Hurricane Sandy […]