05 December, 2019 PYONGYANG/ NEW YORK: North Korea warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that it would consider any discussion of the country’s human rights situation a “serious provocation” that would increase tension on the Korean Peninsula. In a letter to the 15-member council members obtained by the …

04 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ WASHINGTON/ MELBOURNE: China reacted angrily after the US House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Trump administration to toughen its response to Xinjiang, where the more than one million Muslims, mostly ethnic Uighurs, are being held in “re-education” camps. In a …

04 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + TNA WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ MELBOURNE: US House Democrats accused Donald Trump of abusing his office for political gain and trying to obstruct the Ukrainegate investigation, in a highly anticipated report that paves the way for articles of impeachment and a trial in the Senate. …

Hyderabad Dec 4 (PMI): Majlis-e- Aza-e- Syeddus-Shohadaa.s  Bara-e-Esaal-e- Sawab Late Syed  Akhtar Zaidi Qibla and Late  Syed Qamar Zaidi towards death anniversary will be held on 7th Rabissani 1441 (H) following 5th December 2019 at 07: 30 P. M (1930Hrs) at Hussainia Inayat Jung, Mandi Mir Alam Hyderabad. According to …

Hyderabad Dec 4 (PMI): The PRO Cyberabad released a press note and advice to Citizens first  Don’t search for any courier company Customer Care contacts in Google, secondly Use the services of toll free numbers of courier companies which are connected to IVR systems to track the courier lastly Never …

Suppreme Court today granted bail to Congress leader P Chidambaram in the INX Media money-laundering case lodged by the Enforcement Directorate. The top court said, Chidambaram could not leave the country without prior permission of the court and neither try to influence the witnesses nor tamper with evidence. The apex …

04 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Australia has repealed a medical evacuation law for asylum seekers and refugees detained in its so-called offshore processing centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru citing concerns about security, and triggering an angry response from opposition politicians and refugee advocates. With the upper …

03 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri SANA’A/ MELBOURNE: Amnesty International says more than four million people living with disabilities in Yemen lack access to basic care. The rights group says disabled people are most at risk because of the war between Houthi rebels and the UN-recognized government, which is backed by …

03 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri MELBOURNE: The start of Australia’s meteorological summer was marked by out-of-season snow that blanketed ski fields and alpine regions over the mountains in the southeast. For the second day in a row, Victoria’s Mt Hotham received significant snowfall. Hotham Alpine Resort reported that approximately 30cm …

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Centre, all States and Union Territories seeking reports on the Standard Operating Procedures, SOPs to deal with cases related to sexual violence against women and use of the Nirbhaya Fund. Taking suo motu cognizance of media reports on cases of …