NY Times: By ERIC L. LEWIS WASHINGTON PRESIDENT OBAMA has been re-elected. He must now decide how to balance his commitment to human rights against the political risks of appearing “soft on terrorism.” The president’s critics on the left must accept that he has fundamentally altered the George W. Bush-era human rights […]
NY Times: Editorial: …….Last year, the Palestinian Authority toyed with submitting an application for full United Nations membership, but backed off in the face of overwhelming opposition from the United […]
PAKISTAN: The stereo-type statement of the foreign minister during the UN UPR made her a laughing stock Asian Commission of Human Rights Commission: Contributors: Zulfiqar Halepoto Introduction: In the second […]
Ahmadiyya Times: Source/Credit: Grassroot Diplomat: Edited by Imran Jattala London, UK: – Dr Iftikhar Ayaz, OBE, Consul General of the Tuvalu Islands, has been nominated for the first ever Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Awards. According to a press release by Grassroot Diplimat, “the award looks to recognize outstanding diplomats and politicians in the UK for their dedication, commitment and […]
by Stefania Summermatter, Chiasso, swissinfo.ch Europe should rethink its criteria for immigration, according to a worker at an asylum seeker reception centre on the Swiss-Italian border, which deals with almost […]
Source: BBC News By Narayan Bareth The condition of a month-old Indian baby girl, whose rickshaw-puller father was forced to take her to work when her mother died, is improving, doctors say. Damini has been taken off life-support and she is now stable, Dr JK Mittal of the Fortis hospital […]
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch Islamophobic tweets and attacks against foreigners on Facebook, blogs, posters and TV – recent incidents involving politicians and party members have given food for thought as Switzerland prepares to appear before the Human Rights Council. Over the past few months a number of alleged discrimination cases […]
Express Tribune: Conditions continue to deteriorate in Pakistan. Watch HRW interview video here:
Source: Daily Times via Wasim Sroya: What is needed is a paradigm realignment of the country; unless Pakistan is declared a secular state there will not be any tangible development on the human rights front. According to the Minority Rights Group International, Pakistan had the world’s highest increase of threats […]
The Dalai Lama has urged religious people to work for the good of humanity and care for the environment in an address at Westminster Abbey. The Tibetan spiritual leader said it was important that religious faith was not confined to holy books or buildings but that it had an impact […]
Source: Salem News More than one hundred young generations with vision, passion, solidarity, hope, unity and perseverance finally decided to form an umbrella organization with the name of “The European Rohingya Council (ERC)” The European Rohingya Council (ESBJERG, Denmark) – A historical two-day convention of Rohingyas living in Europe was […]
Source: Amnesty International. The perpetrators of arson attacks on temples and Buddhist villages in the south of Bangladesh must be brought to justice and steps taken to ensure ethnic minorities are protected, Amnesty International said. More than 20 Buddhist temples and monasteries and at least one Hindu temple, along with […]
Courtesy: The Daily Beast Oct 1, 2012 by Husain Haqqani Thousands of cellphone subscribers in Pakistan received an anonymous text message recently announcing a miracle: an earthquake on Tuesday, Sept. 18, had destroyed the Washington, D.C. movie theater that was exhibiting Innocence of Muslims, the controversial film that has triggered […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court, back in session today after its summer recess, is expected to take up a closely watched case that could help it decide whether American judges are empowered to hear lawsuits over human rights atrocities abroad. The nine justices will review the reach of the […]
Nations support Fiji’s return to Commonwealth Credit ABC – Australian Broadcasting Commission Updated 29 September 2012, 18:19 AEST Representatives from several Commonwealth nations have agreed to support Fiji’s reinstatement to the Commonwealth. Senator Bob Carr was one of eight foreign ministers to attend the meeting. (Credit: ABC) At a meeting […]
Global Post: Australia’s Roman Catholic Church has admitted to over 600 cases of sexual abuse dating back as early as the 1930s. The Catholic Church revealed that they had record of at least 620 children being abused in a submitted report at a parliamentary hearing in Victoria on Friday, Agence France […]
Source: New Straits Times: ‘NO’ TO BLASPHEMY: Attacks on things held dear by all faiths are repugnant and merit restraint by law No society on earth can function, and no […]
Victim, who was struck with two bullets to his head, was taken to Abbasi hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, local Urdu newspaper Daily Jang has reported. Ahmadiyya […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch and agencies Parliament has voted in favour of spending some SFr11.35 billion ($12.06 billion) on development aid over the next four years, as the government moves […]
Source: Campus Watch Speaking to an overflow crowd at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, noted Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan criticized extreme Islamists known as Salafis, saying that the Arab world needs to develop political systems that reject both theocracies and dictatorships. But he added that Arab countries should […]