STATE MISDEEDS
SEP 11 2018 BY KHALED AHMED ATIF MIAN’S OUSTER FROM THE EAC IS MERELY THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF THE BIGOTRY FACED BY MEMBERS OF PAKISTAN’S AHMADIYYA COMMUNITY In the […]
HRCP condemns govt’s decision to withdraw Dr Atif Mian’s nomination from EAC
PUNJAB Staff Report SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the government’s decision to withdraw its nomination of Dr Atif Mian from […]
Sadly, already ‘out of date’ : OP-ED: Imran Khan’s government takes a bold stand
No Pakistani government in its right senses would dare antagonising both the Sunni and Shia Ulema Ishtiaq Ahmed SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary’s statement that the new government […]
Ahmadis and Naya-Naya land
OP-ED Ahmadis and Naya-Naya land Democracy rocks. But only for those sufficiently privileged to be able to vote for self-serving change. Cheque please Miranda Husain@humeiwei SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 It’s not […]
Testimonies of Flotilla activists: Israel was trying to break us
The Israeli navy illegally boarded the 2018 Freedom Flotilla sailing to Gaza to break the blockade imposed on the territory since 2007 August 16, 2018 People greet the Freedom Flotilla […]
Jordan, Palestine warn against persisting deadlock in peace process
Safadi, Erekat discuss peace push, UNRWA crisis, Palestinian national accord By JT – Aug 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows an impoverished neighbourhood of the Khan Younis refugee […]
Ahmadi solidarity needed
Editorial Daily Times August 26, 2018 One of the most urgent challenges confronting Naya Pakistan is the safeguarding of minorities; especially those from the Ahmadi community. A good place to […]
The Human Rights of Ahmadis
Source: The Daily Times By Imran Ahsan Mirza, who is an engineering management professional working as a senior project manager in a technology company in Australia Under ordinary circumstances, it sounds […]
Saudi Arabia silent on reports of Makkah Imam being detained
Imam of Kaaba attacked and humiliated Dawn.comUpdated August 24, 2018 Facebook Count200 Twitter Share 0 Saudi Arabia has yet to confirm or deny the reports of Sheikh Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Talib, Imam and Preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah, being detained by authorities. On Sunday, the […]
Israel is building another 1,000 homes on Palestinian land. Where’s the outrage?
Never in the field of human rights has so much been owed by so many to so few Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices The construction of another 1,000 […]
UK urged to intervene as female Saudi activist becomes ‘first to face death penalty’
Officials are pushing for a women known to document protests to be executed if she is convicted by a secret terrorism court. 18:22, UK, Wednesday 22 August 2018 Image: […]
Trump told Jordan King that Israel will have a PM named Mohammad
Trump said to tell Jordan king: Israel will have a PM named Muhammad if no deal Israel’s Channel 10 claims the US president made the remark half-jokingly after Abdullah warned […]
Rise of institutional Islamophobia in the West
MUSHTAK PARKER Protesters hold banners during a demonstration organized under the slogan “New Islam Law? Not with us!” in front of the parliament building in Vienna, Austria, Feb. 24, […]
Pakistan’s Religious minorities: The significant “Other”
Source: Global Village Space By Asif Aqeel, who is a prominent journalist, researcher and writer, and a vocal member of Pakistan’s Christian community. His area of work is “Marginality & […]
Inside Geneva: The hardest job? Change at the top of UN Human Rights
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on August 13, 2018 Human rights groups protested the eviction of inhabitants of a Roma camp in the Italian capital […]
Secret Israeli report reveals deadly violence against Palestinian children
DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES Istanbul The Israeli strike killed four Palestinian children playing soccer on Gaza Beach, July 16, 2014. An Israeli military police report that has been concealed until […]
U.N. SG Nominates Michelle Bachelet As U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights
Aug 09, 2018 New York Times: Michelle Bachelet, Ex-President of Chile, Picked as Next U.N. Rights Chief “The leader of the United Nations said on Wednesday that he had picked […]
The struggle for Palestinian rights: Then and now
Aug 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Forty years ago this month, I left a tenured teaching position and moved to Washington, DC to run the Palestine Human […]
China’s Xinjiang Region A Surveillance State Unlike Any the World Has Ever Seen
In western China, Beijing is using the most modern means available to control its Uighur minority. Tens of thousands have disappeared into re-education camps. A journey to an eerily […]
Indian state’s controversial citizens’ list unites Modi critics
Reuters International This content was published on July 31, 2018 People wait in queue to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre […]