Toronto Pride Month, one of the most awaited events in the calendar of this gay-friendly Canadian city, begins today with a 1,000-square-foot art installation at city hall, with the cerem ...

London: Reacting sharply to the burqa ban imposed by the Danish government on Thursday, Amnesty Internal has called the move 'neither necessary nor proportionate'.

Copenhagen: Denmark has become the latest European nation to pass a law that effectively bans certain face coverings, including the burqa and niqab, from August 1, reports said on Thursda ...

Strasbourg: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Romania and Lithuania guilty of conspiring with the US and allowing the latter to torture suspects in makeshift cells run b ...

Dublin: A majority of Irish women are overjoyed after the country made abortion legal in Ireland, abolishing the age-old Eighth Amendment.

Dublin: Exit polls in the recent Ireland polls over abortion have suggested that the majority of the population have voted for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment.

Naypyidaw: A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and children as well as add ...

New York: A major canal dredging project underway in Southern Bangladesh to protect Rohingya refugees from monsoon floods, will have the added benefit of boosting local agriculture, the U ...

New York: The world is sliding back on human rights and its principles are under attack in all corners of the globe, the top United Nations rights official warned on Tuesday, urging peopl ...