Russia: Activists’ Detention Unjustified
| (Moscow) - The Russian authorities should investigate the arbitrary detention of three human rights advocates in Chechnya and hold those responsible accountable, Amnesty International, Civil Rights ...
Super Bowl: 'This is the pinnacle of my life. Now I can die'
| 'Amen". Such was the banner headline in the Times-Picayune newspaper yesterday, and such was the feeling that infuses America's most bewitching, most blighted and most beloved city after the magical...
Percy Jackson: Gods and monsters
| This is about a family film. But it is not a family article. If you are a child, stop reading. If you are offended by genital slang, look away now. Because here comes a lyric from Chris Columbus's i...
Mirwaiz's march foiled; shifts campaign to Internet
| Shujaat Bukhari | Unrest grows as life in Kashmir remains disrupted | JAMMU: As authorities imposed an undeclared curfew in Srinagar on Monday to foil Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Faroo...
Students must strive for social change: Meira Kumar
| Special Correspondent | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar conferring an honorary degree of Doctor in Science on ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan (left) at the convocation of SRM University in Kattankulath...
Seminar on human rights violations
| Staff Correspondent | Bijapur: The BLDE Association's S.B. Arts and K.C.P. Science College have jointly organised a two-day national seminar on 'Victims of Human Rights Violations' at the seminar ha...
New Arrivals
| An Eye For An Eye: Bandula Chandraratna; Rs. 250. Yoga - The Supreme Science: Osho; Rs. 350. The Prophet of Peace - Teachings of the Prophet Muhammad: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan; Rs. 275. Mirage: Bandu...
Human rights
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | Dr Aafia Siddiqui's conviction in a US court has received worldwide attention. The reaction has varied from dismay to outright condemnation even in the west. The Human Rig...
'Locking up children doesn't work'
| Good news: the number of children in prisons has dropped. Bad news: there are still 2,203 children in custody in England and Wales, half of them imprisoned for non-violent offences. | Should non-vio...
Avalanche kills 17 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
| SRINAGAR—Seventeen Indian soldiers were killed Monday in an avalanche that slammed into a group of 70 combat troops at a high-altitude warfare training camp in Kashmir, the army said Monday. | Army ...
U.S. EU fear fresh government crackdown in Iran
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union said on Monday they feared the Iranian government may crack down on opponents during this week's anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic re...
ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons
| SAN FRANCISCO -- An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory he...
Feds admit wrongly tracking Wis. abortion groups
| MADISON, Wis. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducted a threat assessment of local pro- and anti-abortion rights activists before an expected rally last year, even though they did not ...
Buffalo man accused of imprisoning 13-year-old
| BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A 26-year-old Buffalo man remained jailed Monday on charges of holding a 13-year-old runaway in his house for six months, having sex with her more than 100 times and making her baby...
West African collaboration for gender equality enhanced by new UN initiative
| Women marching against sexual violence in the DRC (file photo)8 February 2010 – Gender equality, respect for women's rights and the fight against sexual violence in West Africa received a new weapon...
Ebadi: Iran abusing rights on many fronts
Editor's note: Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights Advocate and 2003 Nobel Laureate, writes an Open Letter to Honorable Madam Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and membe...
Letters: High-speed rail, EZ Tag
| High-speed rail | Regarding "Off track; Answers, please: Where does Texas' bid for high-speed rail stand now?" (Page B13, Sunday), whether it's public education, health care or high-speed rail, succ...
