Washington: The scale of Indian atrocities in Kashmir, as detailed in the recent US State Department human rights report, dwarfs what was witnessed in Bosnia and East Timor prior to international intervention, but in the case of people of Kashmir the world powers have just
London: A number of famous British Muslims gathered in London to celebrate the launch of a campaign calling for the recognition in UK law of the UN-supported International Day to Combat Islamophobia. The campaign’s launch, which was organized by the Aziz Foundation, took place at the
United Nations: The United Nations has issued a report warning that the world's water resources, which it describes as humanity's "lifeblood," are under increasing threat due to "vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment." The report was published just hours before a major summit on the issue was
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine, but that the West and Kyiv were not yet ready. In a joint statement issued at the end
New York: The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland announced a series of pledges to advance a systemic, responsive, and evidence-based approach to climate, peace and security on the United Nations Security Council. The 15 pledges, which cover a range of Council functions, serve
New Delhi: As many as 1,89,945 cases of crime against Dalits were registered in four years beginning 2018, the Union government told Parliament on Wednesday, citing a National Crime Records Bureau report published in 2021. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra shared
New Delhi: Barricades meant for security outside the British High Commission and the residence of the UK ambassador in New Delhi were removed on Wednesday three days after Khalistan supporters staged a demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in London. At the pro-Khalistan demonstrations on Sunday,
Contributed by Mohammed Wasama Khalid , LIPR AOP According to human rights activists, more than 8,000 persons have gone missing in Kashmir since 1989. Over the past more than three decades of turmoil in Kashmir, thousands of civilians have gone missing in the custody of security
United Nations: “Across identities and differences… over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created to mark the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping operations. Called “Peace begins with me” the poem pays tribute to the strength
London: The London police forces, Britain’s largest, is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic and could still be employing rapists and murderers, a scathing independent review said Tuesday. The report, written by government official Louise Casey, was commissioned after the kidnap, rape and murder two years ago