Sep 13, – Egypt’s Foreign Ministry condemned “the storming by Israeli occupation forces of the yard of al-Aqsa Mosque” after prayers at dawn on Sunday. Clashes broke out between Palestinian youth and Israeli security forces in al-Aqsa Mosque earlier on Sunday, which marks the start of the Israeli new year. Human Rights Observers also condemned […]
Aug 26, – Fresh communal clashes erupted Wednesday in western India as police and paramilitary forces tried to quell riots led by members of a farming caste demanding government benefits. Five people have been killed in the violence, police said. Authorities imposed a curfew in at least five cities in Gujarat state Tuesday night after […]
Aug 25, – For years, Egypt has been grappling with the growing phenomenon of sexual harassment. Rights organizations have launched a wide range of initiatives mainly aimed at encouraging women to report verbal and physical harassment. While recent jail sentences against men proven guilty of sexual harassment have been greeted with relative optimism, preventive measures […]
Jul 19, – Shiite rebels and their allies in Yemen randomly shelled a town Sunday outside of Aden after losing control of some the port city’s neighborhoods, killing at least 45 people and wounding 120, officials said. The violence highlighted the bloody chaos of the civil war gripping the Arab world’s poorest country, which also […]
Jul 02, – A ferry carrying 189 passengers and crew capsized off the central Philippines in heavy waves on Thursday, killing at least 36 people but the majority of those on board were rescued, the coast guard and police said. The MBCA Kim-Nirvana, a motorized outrigger with 173 passengers and 16 crew on board, capsized […]
June 04, – Yemen’s dominant Houthis agreed on Thursday to join United Nations-backed peace talks in Geneva planned for June 14, a day after their opponents in the exiled government confirmed their attendance. A Saudi-led coalition of Arab states has been bombing Houthi forces, the strongest faction in Yemen’s civil war, for over two months […]
June 03, – Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched towards the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives. Rescuers searched for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes were fading of finding more survivors from […]
May 15, – At least 10 people were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen on Friday despite a five-day humanitarian truce, while aid distribution to the millions deprived of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes continued. Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of Arab states backed by the West, has pounded […]
May 12, – A major earthquake has hit Nepal near the Chinese border between the capital of Kathmandu and Mount Everest, with at least four confirmed dead less than three weeks after the country was devastated by a quake. An earthquake in Nepal on Tuesday destroyed buildings in the town of Chautara, east of the […]
May 08, – The ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines were among six people killed on Friday when the helicopter carrying them crashed into a school in northern Pakistan, the army said in a tweet. Leif H. Larsen, the Norwegian envoy, and Domingo D. Lucenario Jr of the Philippines were killed along with the wives […]
........
........
Click the image to veiw the
e-magazine
Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
Connect
Connect with us on the following social media.