Syrian opposition chief kidnapped: NGO

The NGOs working on child rights have expressed concern over the functioning of RCPCR and the child welfare committee (CWC)-both entrusted to monitor the rights of children in the state.

The extraordinarily talented Rohit Sharma has been seen in an unfamiliar avatar in this season, that of captain, with spectacular results for Mumbai Indians.

The New York Police Department is defending itself in a federal civil rights lawsuit over its surveillance of Muslims.

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) had asked the police to investigate into the death of a minor boy allegedly at the hands of his belt shop employer last week, who was in an inebriated condition, at Karmanghat and also find out more on mushrooming of ...

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sought an explanation from the Haryana government on the refusal of six village panchayats to send girl children to school due to harassment by boys.

"Both the club and the coach agree that it is the right moment to end this relationship."

By Anna Hiatt, ReutersNEW YORK--Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark ...

Russia is facing a renewed barrage of international criticism, led by the European Union, over its human rights record in connection with an ongoing clampdown on non-governmental organizations and a State Duma proposal to ban so-called "homosexual ...

A US-based Sikh group today said that it will challenge an American district court's decision of dismissing human rights violations case against Parkash Singh Badal.