A young woman at an Iranian university stripped to her underwear in protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. The incident, ...

Armed with sticks, protestors set ablaze a thatched structure near a pond, venting their fury against the elusive TMC leader Shahjahan Shei...

In a report dated June 19 and shared with AFP, the UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an independent expert panel, determined the w...

In an unprecedented event for India, athletes around the world, like the legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali, have stood up for their bel...

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Party, led by Imran Khan, has planned to defame law enforc...

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday issued notice to the Delhi Police on plea filed by women wrestlers against Wrestling Federation of In...

Videos showed dozens of men marching in the regional capital Zahedan, shouting slogans against Iran's supreme leader and the state's Bassij...

On October 28 last Federation of Khasi, Jaintia and Garo People FKJGP rally in Shillong turned violent with innocent passers-by being assau...

The action builds on earlier Canadian sanctions on Iran, most recently on Oct. 3, which Canada said it imposed over human rights violations...

During the latest protests, which erupted after a young woman died in the custody of the country's morality police last month, the Basij (b...

Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, took to the streets following the death of Mahsa Amini - a Kurd native, chanting anti-government slog...

Although the scope of the protests across some dozen Iranian cities and towns remains unclear, the movement represents the widest unrest si...

NetBlocks, a London-based group that monitors internet access, reported widespread disruptions.

The death of Mahsa Amini, who had been picked up by Iran's morality police for her allegedly loose headscarf, or hijab, has triggered darin...

Sachin Pilot alleged that the police entered the AICC headquarters, carried out a "lathi-charge" and mistreated women functionaries, MPs an...

This is if the govt accepts a labour ministry proposal that’s being finalised as part of efforts to ensure that the rights of domestic work...

"You need a legal regime, a quick disposal judicial process, quick investigative process and above all an alert and conscious society."