A woman in Iran has been whipped 74 times for not wearing a hijab in the street. Photo shows Roya Heshmati, a vocal critic of the compulsory hijab, undated. The Iranian woman lashed 74 times for not wearing a hijab on the street. (Newsflash) Roya Heshmati, a Kurdish-Iranian woman and…
By Shantanu Guha Ray New Delhi: The Shor Party of Moldova has filed a draft claim to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging a decision by the Moldovan Government to ban the party. Adrian Grycuk Reports reaching the Indian Capital say the application has been registered by the…
Two Republican members of Congress have introduced a bill in the United States called the "MAHSA Act" that is geared towards further sanctioning Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, 61, joined with Congressman Jim Banks, 43, "as an original cosponsor of the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security…
A Mexican human rights activist who fought for justice for her murdered daughter has been shot dead at her place of work. The shooting took place in the city of Temixco in the Mexican state of Morelos at around 11.30pm on 28th January. Ana Luisa Garduno Juarez, 51, was killed…
This is the moment a thief is caught on CCTV stealing two shirts signed by Maradona from a human rights organisation. The Asociacion Madres de Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo) human rights organisation denounced the theft from its Buenos Aires offices through Twitter. The organisation wrote:…