Lack of accountability in India fosters rights violations: HRW

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 19:22

India has strong legislation to protect human rights but entrenched corruption and lack of accountability foster violations, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Finnish minister to boycott Sochi opening ceremony

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 16:15

Finland`s sports and culture minister will boycott the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month due to concerns over Russia`s human rights violations.

In 20 yrs, 124 Army men held guilty of rights violations in J&K

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 17:37

As many as 124 Army personnel, including 41 officers, have been found guilty of human rights violations and awarded exemplary punishments in the past 20 years in Jammu and Kashmir.

US court reserves order in Parkash Singh Badal case

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 18:32

A US court has reserved its decision on whether a Sikh rights group should be given more time to serve summons to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in a case accusing him of human rights violations.

Sri Lanka will like Manmohan Singh to participate in CHOGM meet: Peiris

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 23:19

Sri Lanka said it would like Manmohan Singh to attend the upcoming CHOGM meeting in Colombo despite opposition from political parties in Tamil Nadu.

`India must raise concerns with Lanka over rights violations`

Last Updated: Sunday, August 18, 2013, 20:36

India must raise serious concerns with Sri Lanka over human rights violations, a leading rights group said on Sunday.

UN urged to take note of human rights violations in Balochistan

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 13, 2013, 13:20

Former leader of the opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Advocate Kachkol Ali has urged the United Nations secretary general to take notice of increasing number of `genocide in Baloch and violation of human rights`.

North Korea refuses to cooperate with rights probe: UN investigators

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 21:52

UN experts tasked with probing human rights violations in North Korea said Pyongyang has refused to cooperate with the investigation, but that they still hoped to travel to country next month.

India should demand probe into human rights violations: CPI-M

Last Updated: Sunday, February 24, 2013, 00:57

CPI(M) on Saturday said India should demand an independent, high-level and credible inquiry on human rights violations allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army in the last phase of the war against the LTTE.

Russia bans entry of US naval officer

Last Updated: Friday, January 18, 2013, 20:29

Russia has denied a visa to a high-ranking US Navy officer suspected by Moscow of human rights violations, a minister said.

US House passes bill normalizing Russian trade

Last Updated: Saturday, November 17, 2012, 21:48

The House has voted overwhelmingly to end Soviet-era trade restrictions while approving a measure that punishes Russian officials for human rights violations.