Today is the 20th anniversary of UN’s Convention on Rights of the Child and various ceremonies are being held all over the world to mark the event. This Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) was signed in 1989 and it endorses and guarantees basic right of all children to life, education, play and protection [...]

There is no rest, no respite. Since the Delhi HC verdict decriminalising homosexuality not a day goes by without someone throwing a tantrum and demanding the return of the infuriating law; it appears the homophobic of this country are even more obsessed with homosexuality than the LGBTs! The most interesting thing about these oppositions are [...]

The Twitter has become explosive weapon against censorship.
Sometimes, as in Iran, was the only weapon available to the dissent. And many governments, such as Chinese, fear it. So on Monday, when ethnic violence erupted in Xinjiang, the Twitter has been blocked.
Photos, videos and testimony began to run frantically from the network. But this tool has [...]

Who want an antidote to the photographs of police beat demonstrators and girls dying in the streets of the Iranian capital have to go through the streets of the Moroccan capital. You can see protesters, but they are not targets of attacks.
Girls can be seen on the street, but they are not targets of snipers. [...]

The Zimbabwean army, controlled by the political party of President Robert Mugabe, violently seized the diamond fields of the country last year, and used the illegal income to buy the loyalty of insubordinate soldiers and enrich party leaders, according to a report released yesterday by organization Human Rights Watch.

Zimbabwe’s government strongly denied the accusations in [...]

India has been gearing up for its biggest ever queer celebrations over the past few years. This year, Queer Prides will be held in five metros of the country and the expected number of participants will reach numbers as never seen before. Following an incident at a bar in NY in 1969 where some gay [...]

Burma’s military leaders are extending trial of Burmese leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and trying to dispel all the criticisms and making it all appear as fair trial. They have even allowed outside observers to attend the trial. But yet it seems to be futile attempt since the trial itself is unfair [...]

If children are deprived and denied of their rights, their full potential will not be realized. This is Plan International’s definition of Child Poverty. For Plan, the common issues on children according to the 4 broad rights are survival, development, protection, and participation. 
The challenge of education comes under the issue on Development. These challenges that [...]

Toy Soldier Campaign by Amnesty International, Croatia is shocking. The whole war, conflicts, weapons and cruel executions have become a toy story indeed. Something that goes on and no and one really tries to stop. No one even gives a thought that it is being played out in front of children and a whole generation [...]

If there is one bastion of bureaucracy, it is the United Nations. Embarrassing as it is that the organization is deluged with sexual harassment complaints within its own ranks, this agency that is mandated to protect human rights across the globe, has an arbitrary and unfair system of handling its internal sexual harassment cases.
The processing [...]