A rights group revealed that Afghanistan`s policewomen suffer sexual assault by male colleagues, often inside police stations, and called for women-only toilets and changing facilities to curb abuse.
April 26 2013, 12:43 am
Read MoreSri Lanka dismisses all accusations as politically motivated, unfounded and directed by the pro-LTTE Diaspora in the West.
April 25 2013, 1:41 pm
Read MoreMyanmar has waged "a campaign of ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims, a leading rights watchdog said Monday.
April 22 2013, 2:43 pm
Read MoreThe United Nations estimates more than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict in Syria that began with peaceful protests in mid-March 2011.
April 11 2013, 8:49 am
Read MorePakistan`s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf should not be allowed to elude the serious legal proceedings against him and must be held accountable for human rights abuses, a global watchdog has demanded.
March 25 2013, 3:05 pm
Read MoreThe Pakistani government should hold the country`s former president Pervez Musharraf accountable for human rights violations when he returns to Pakistan, Human Rights Watch has said.
March 24 2013, 2:24 pm
Read MoreDamascus regime has "wilfully" killed thousands of civilians in air strikes that amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, as rebels lobbied the major powers for weapons.
April 11 2013, 6:41 pm
Read MoreHRW`s South Asia Director, said: Over the past year the Sri Lankan government has alternated between threatening activists who seek justice and making small, cynical gestures to keep the international community at bay."
March 20 2013, 2:25 pm
Read MoreSri Lanka should act on the call by a deputy minister to investigate war crimes by examining his own role in serious abuses, Human Rights Watch said.
March 28 2013, 4:20 pm
Read MoreThe Human Rights Watch on Tuesday sought a UN authorised independent, international investigation into war crimes that took place during the final months of the decades-long armed conflict in Sri Lanka.
February 20 2013, 12:41 am
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