Tag: violations

Former Ambassador Richard Olson pleaded guilty last year to various charges of misusing his position for personal gain Richard Olson, a former United States ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, was sentenced to three years of probation on Friday after pleading guilty last year to various federal ...

The Supreme Court, hearing a series of petitions against the abrogation of Article 370, said that its ambit lay in investigating whether the repeal of the provision in August 2019 amounted to a “constitutional violation”. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared unenthusiastic to ...

Manipur has faced an internet shutdown since May 4, when it was engulfed in a conflict between two ethnic groups. This outage violates the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in 2020 for executive authorities to regulate internet suspension orders. India has the unenviable distinction of having imposed ...

islamabad —  The United Nations says Taliban authorities in Afghanistan continue to arbitrarily arrest and detain individuals suspected of being opposition forces and journalists, in addition to increasing restrictions on women's access to work and education. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, has documented the alleged human ...

KARACHI, PakistanPakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday rejected Israel's criticism of alleged human rights violations in his country on Wednesday, instead alleging the “Zionists” of atrocities against Palestinians for decades."There is no comparison of Israel's brutalities and human rights violations against Palestinians. They (Israeli forces) have left hundreds ...

Jammu: Authorities have sealed two madrassas for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Friday.Senior Superintendent of Police, Kishtwar, Khalil Ahmed Poswal said the sealing of the two madrassas was done as part of a broader initiative to ...

The development comes after more than three weeks of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) loyal to General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. UN rights chief Volker Türk opened the meeting condemning the “wanton violence” which has brought more hunger, deprivation ...

NEW DELHI — India’s defense minister told his Chinese counterpart on Thursday that violations of their shared border erode the “entire basis” of relations between the two Asian neighbors.Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh made the comments during a meeting with newly appointed Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu in New ...

Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir government has demoted a retired officer from the date he was placed as in-charge deputy superintendent of police (DySP) after an inquiry established that there were building plan and master plan violations during his stint with the Lakes & Waterways Development Authority which has ...

New Delhi: India abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Thursday.   United Nations Human Right Council, took to Twitter to inform about the same and tweeted, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a ...