Image: Rehabilitated manual scavenger, Usha Chaumar, 40, stands on the stairs of her newly built three storey house in Alwar, Rajasthan, India on 24...
Cynthia M. Wong, Senior Researcher, Internet and Human Rights.
This week, the European Union’s top court once again found that blanket data retention mandates are...
Image:A gate at the entrance to the Pray Sar prison near Phnom Penh, 8 December 2016, AP Photo/Heng Sinith.
This joint statement was originally published...
Image:Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet, leaves the Justice Palace after his trial in Istanbul on Friday Credit: OSMAN ORSAL/REUTERS.
Turkey holds at least 81...
Image:The media is meant to report the truth, but the structure and vested interests of the Indian press have stopped that from happening.
The daily...
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by Tariq Ali
Fidel Castro, Cuba’s leader of revolution, has died aged 90. Here is an extract from Tariq Ali‘s introduction to The Declarations of Havana, Verso’s collection...
Front National leader Marine Le Pen has taken a sizeable lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in a new French presidential election poll.
The far-right leader had...
Heather Saul.
'To the degree that he pursues racist, sexist, xenophobic and anti-environment policies, we will vigorously oppose him,' warns senator.
Donald Trump’s election victory...
Image:Nearly 20,000 people had indicated they would attend on the event’s Facebook page, which warned ‘the police are not your friends’. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock.
Masked anti-capitalism...
Image: A still image, taken from video footage and released by Russia's Defence Ministry on August 18, 2016, shows a Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber...
( David Kaye; UN photo)
By Ashley Gorski.
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David...
SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN.
Thursday, October 13,2016
NEW DELHI: Since the September 18 attack on an Indian army post in the north Kashmir town of Uri, the media...
GENEVA — A top United Nations official joined the criticism of Donald J. Trump on Wednesday, warning that his election would threaten international stability.
While...
(Saudi Arabia and Iraq believe the conventional law of sovereign immunity has been compromised by the US Getty Images)
by Gabriel Samuels
Families of victims of...
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(SLB/23rd September 2016)
Number of Sri Lankan Civil Society groups and individuals has called on the Indian Government to release Mr. Khurram...
(Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations in Delhi, 15 August 2016, REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
This statement was originally published on...
(UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Photo: AFP))
Human Rights Council.
Opening Statement by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner...
Agence France-Presse.
The UN human rights chief has launched a scathing attack on populist politicians including Donald Trump and the Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders,...
By JOHN MARKOFFSEPT.
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, science-fiction moviemakers have been making us fear the bad things that artificially intelligent machines might do to...
Bangkok, August 24, 2016 - Authorities in the Indian state of Gujarat should credibly investigate the murder of journalist Kishore Dave and swiftly bring...
JULY 28, 2016.
Hillary Clinton spoke at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times
Following is a transcript of Hillary Clinton’s...
Even historic defenders of speech like Denmark and the United Kingdom are starting to choose "social harmony" over free expression.
By Jacob Mchangama
Over the past...
Amendments give Gotabaya Rajapaksa powers to sack ministers and limit oversight.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivers a policy speech in the Colombo parliament on 20 August...
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Public Statement on the Government management of the COVID-19 response
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, that is still evolving....
