ACHR urges President of UN Human Rights Council for removal of UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Professor Yanghee Lee for bias

BANGLADESH: IS CHIEF ADVISOR DR. YUNUS THE PROVOCATEUR IN CHIEF FOR THE ATTACKS ON RELIGIOUS MINORITIES?

The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG), today in a communication urged UN Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organizations in Dhaka to  intervene with the Chief Advisor of the Interim Government of Bangladesh against repeated emboldening of the religious fundamentalists belonging to the  majority Muslims by […]

Police, jail authorities need to be held accountable, The Tribune

The Tribune Published on 28 July 2019 On an average, five Indians died in custody every day between April 2017 and February 2018, a report claims Mukesh Ranjan in New Delhi The death in custody on July 21 of Amritsar-based importer Gurpinder Singh (29), a key accused in last month’s 532-kg record heroin haul at […]

Assam NRC: Rights body says state had lowest decadal population growth rate in Northeast from 1971-2011, The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express 29 August 2019 The National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam is being updated based on March 24, 1971 as the cut-off date. GUWAHATI: Assam had the lowest average decadal population growth rate of 20.90 per cent in the Northeast from 1971 to 2011, said a Rights body and Risks Analysis […]