Paris, April 18 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the recent pattern of “irregularities, discriminatory treatment” against legal professionals and the cancellation of candidatures of pro-Awami League lawyers in bar association elections in Bangladesh solely on the basis of political ideology.Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) alleged that these lawyers are obstructed from participating in elections and cited police interference in the bar associa…
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Rome, April 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s systematic persecution of the Ahmadi community was laid bare yet again during Eid this year, highlighting that the campaign against them is not driven by fringe elements but by an organised and deeply embedded institutionalised system, a report has detailed.According to Italy-based online magazine ‘Bitter Winter’, despite Pakistan’s rhetoric on “pluralism, tolerance, and fight against extremism”, Eid in Punjab province witnessed the right of a minority to pr…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday stressed on pro bono initiatives by lawyers and optimal use of Tele-Law to improve public access to justice, especially in rural areas. He was speaking at the Regional Event-cum-Workshop 2026, at Kurukshetra University, organised under the Tele-Law initiative of Designing Innovative Solutions for Holistic Access to Justice (DISHA), a Central Sector Scheme implemented by the Dep…
Vijayawada, March 1 (IANS) Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Sunday called on the judiciary to promote mediation, saying it is gaining wider acceptance as an effective tool for resolution of disputesUnderlining the need for building a “mediation culture”, he stated mediation was no longer an alternative method but has emerged as a preferred mode of dispute resolution.He was delivering the keynote address at a State-level symposium on ‘Mediation: Dialogue as Cornerstone of Justic…