New York: Across the world, girls as young as 12 are being forced or tricked into marrying men who exploit them for sex and domestic work, in what the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) ...

New York: Given the history of intercommunal violence in Guinea, two high-level UN Officials voiced concern on Tuesday over the risk of “incitement to hostility, discrimination or v ...

New York: Thousands of children continue to suffer grievously as unrelenting violence persists across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ...

Lahore: The Lahore High Court recently acquitted a Christian man who was sentenced to death on blasphemy charges six years ago, earning appreciation from rights groups like Human Rights F ...

A  webinar on 'Persecution of Islam in East Turkestan’ was organised by the South Asian Democratic Forum (SADF) on Thursday where the participants discussed gross human rig ...

Campaign for Uyghurs group said it is horrified to learn of yet another Uyghur victim of the Chinese regime’s persistent actions to imprison prominent members of the community on fa ...

Hunza: Hunza region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) recently witnessed demonstration as protesters demanded  the release of 14 local men, including political leader Baba Jan, who ...

New York: The top UN rights official has called on Iran to release imprisoned human rights defenders, lawyers and political prisoners, citing deep concerns over their situation and height ...

Beijing: China is carrying out a 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang region where thousands of people are believed to be kept in concentration camps, according to an article in The At ...