Washington, March 12 (IANS) Two US senators introduced legislation seeking sanctions against individuals involved in alleged forced organ harvesting in China. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, both members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, unveiled the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act, a bill that would impose sanctions on individuals responsible for forced organ harvesting and require the US administratio…
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Washington, March 8 (IANS) The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has urged the US government to redesignate Pakistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) over systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom. In its 2026 Annual Report, the US federal watchdog recommended that the US government lift the existing waiver that exists for Pakistan, or not issue a waiver, releasing the administration from taking otherwise legislatively mandated action as…
United Nations, March 8 (IANS) India’s international human rights pioneer Hansa Mehta’s unflinching stand for the recognition of women animates contemporary struggles for their protection in the age of Artificial Intelligence, according to General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock. “We should be reminded every day when we are working on these new AI regulations to hold our stand firmly, as Hansa Mehta once did,” Baerbock has said. Mehta is credited with rewording the First Article of …
Male, March 3 (IANS) China’s treatment of religious and spiritual communities has once again come under scrutiny in the US Congress following remarks by a former senior American official who condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s policies as a “war on belief systems”, a report said on Tuesday.Addressing US lawmakers recently, Sam Brownback, former US Ambassador‑at‑Large for International Religious Freedom, accused the Chinese Communist Party of waging a worldwide persecution campaig…
Quetta, March 2 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating health condition and “unlawful detention” of its chief organiser, Mahrang Baloch, calling on the Pakistani authorities to ensure urgent medical care and her release.According to the BYC, Mahrang’s health has significantly worsened over the past six months in custody. The rights body added that during this period, she repeatedly submitted multiple applications to the jail su…
Chandigarh, Feb 27 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Sunil Jakhar on Friday asked the Punjab government to take initiative to conduct an impartial investigation in order to prove its credibility in the killing of a man in police encounter in Gurdaspur district. He said the version being put forward by the police “is creating doubts among the public and is raising serious questions about the credibility of the government and the police”.Jakhar told the media here that the government has lost the trust …
Paris, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the “special directive” issued by Bangladesh’s Rajshahi Range Police Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mohammad Shahjahan, instructing law enforcement authorities to re-arrest leaders and activists of the Awami League even after they secure bail from courts.Expressing concern, Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) said that the February 24 directive, which reportedly instructs police to show Awami L…
Tel Aviv, Feb 23 (IANS) While Turkey has emerged as one of the most vocal international advocates on Gaza in recent years, its silence on the abuses of Uyghurs by Chinese authorities is deafening – a striking irony that cannot be ignored, a report highlighted on Monday. It added that in China’s Xinjiang region, Uyghurs – the Turkic-Muslim people whom Turkish President Erdogan once called victims of “genocide” – endure mass detention, forced labour, pervasive surveillance, restrictions on…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday unveiled India’s inaugural National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy, titled ‘PRAHAAR’, marking a major milestone in the country’s long-standing efforts to combat terrorism in all its forms.The Ministry of Home Affairs has introduced the nation’s first comprehensive counter-terrorism policy, titled ‘PRAHAAR’, establishing a structured national framework to address evolving and complex security threats, including c…
Quetta, Feb 23 (IANS) As violence against civilians continues to escalate in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, a leading human rights organisation reported that two farmers from Surab area were killed after being subjected to enforced disappearance earlier this month, local media reported on Monday. The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) stated that Taimoor, a 26-year-old farmer, was forcibly disappeared on February 9. BYC alleged that Taimoor’s body was later found discarded after being held i…