Human Rights  

A new bill in Iraq proposes lowering the marriage age to nine for girls and 15 for boys, raising significant concerns about child marriage and rights.
 

The Union Finance Ministry has approved a Hyderabad-based IRS officer's request to change name and gender, marking a historic first.

Women should be aware of their rights and entitlements to ensure personal safety and empower them to make informed decisions. Here are seven laws in India that every woman should be aware of. 

An 80-year-old passenger died, Air India fined Rs 30 lakh. Since there were not enough wheelchairs available, the passenger decided to walk from the plane to the terminal.

Approximately 300 students are enrolled at Phulwari Pathshala. The team collects funds from their friends and supporters to provide financial assistance to cover children’s fees, purchase books, bags, sweaters, water bottles and other necessary items.

Alakh Pandey is the founder and CEO of Physics Wallah. He is making headlines for exempting the fees for 51,000 students for the academic year 2023-24, to support students from economically weaker backgrounds.

India has exposed Pakistan at the UN Human Rights Council as it has accused Pakistan of delisting 4000 terrorists to sustain its terror ecosystem and of using training camps and terrorist launch pads in PoK 

As its reporting team stays behind bars, Republic TV has approached the National Human Rights Commission for the their release 

China is using Operation Fox Hunt to hunt down Chinese dissenters living across the globe who expose the rampant human rights violations in the country

A 13-year-old Hindu girl raped by 6 armed men in Pakistan 
 

Members of the Gorkha community group have filed a complaint with the NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) for allegedly using ‘insulting, demeaning and derogatory’ language for a Nepali-speaking woman in the second episode

While the former Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, aims to interfere with India’s internal matter, CAA, which does not violate any human rights law, the UNHRC chief seems to have forgotten the human rights issues in her country.

Vimarsh Aryan, first secretary, Permanent Mission of India to UNOG in Geneva, Switzerland during Right of Reply (RoR), raised issues pertaining to Pakistan and stated that Pak delegation is raising false and fabricated concerns for the rights of human rights defenders

Supreme Court has sought an explanation from social activist Harsh Mander over his alleged contemptuous remarks against the top court. 

Hello and welcome to this episode of DePress Room, my name is Amal Chowdhury and today we will be talking about how Saudi Arabia is using terrorism tribunal to silence rights defenders. A new report published by Amnesty International today shows how the Saudi Arabian authorities are using a counter-terrorism court - the Specialised Criminal Court - as a weapon to systematically silence peaceful opposition in the country.