Tag: human rights

The Delhi High Court grants bail to Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez, jailed in India for nearly five years.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026New Delhi, India — A prominent Kashmiri human rights activist who has been imprisoned for nearly five years has won a partial legal victory after ...

Meerut, India – The mood is barely festive as a group of Muslim men huddle inside a small mosque to discuss the arrangements for Eid al-Adha prayers in Meerut district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state.Ceiling fans hum above to beat the brutal north Indian heat as nearly 50 worshippers ...

EXPLAINERIranian media are reporting that a deal may not be reached amid disagreements on some key issues.Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026United States President Donald Trump has told his representatives not to rush into any deal with Iran, as his administration played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in ...

The United States has imposed sanctions on four activists involved in flotilla missions seeking to break Israel’s 19-year siege on Gaza, home to 2.3 million people, most of them displaced by Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave.The sanctions were announced on Tuesday after at least 430 activists were abducted ...

Rights groups have described the move as a “blatant abuse of power”.Published On 27 Apr 202627 Apr 2026Bahrain has stripped dozens of people of their citizenship for allegedly supporting Iranian attacks on the country.Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that it had revoked the citizenship of 69 people, ...

EXPLAINERThe US-Israel war on Iran hit century-old medical research centre the Pasteur Institute and a bridge near Tehran.Published On 3 Apr 20263 Apr 2026The United States and Israel are widening their attacks on Iran, hitting infrastructure in and around the capital, as Washington ramps up pressure on Tehran and ...

A Lahore court has ruled in favour of Pakistani singer Ali Zafar in his defamation case against fellow singer Meesha Shafi. On Tuesday, the court ordered Shafi to pay Zafar 5 million rupees ($17,900) in damages.Zafar sued Shafi for defamation in 2018 after she accused him of sexual harassment ...

Despite what it called a humanitarian "disaster" in Afghanistan, the US said on Monday international assistance to the country should be evaluated, given Taliban "intransigence" and its exclusion of the female population from basic rights.Speaking to a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, the US ambassador to the United ...

United Nations migration agency warns that escalating violence on Afghanistan-Pakistan border risks further displacement.Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPublished On 4 Mar 20264 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe United Nations says nearly 66,000 people have been displaced in Afghanistan as heavy shelling and ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Israel on Wednesday. Modi’s first trip to Israel was in 2017, when he was the first Indian leader to ever visit the country.India was among the countries that opposed the creation of Israel in 1948, and for decades ...