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Sonam Wangchuk's detention: SC adjourns wife's plea to December 8The Supreme Court has postponed a hearing on a plea challenging climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's detention. His wife argues his arrest und...24 Nov, 2025, 05.32 PM IST- Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN saysA UN report reveals the Taliban's morality police in Afghanistan are detaining men for hairstyles and barbers for non-compliant haircuts. D...10 Apr, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
- Stopping Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to address Friday congregation in Kashmir interference in religious affairs: AuqafAuthorities prevented Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from delivering Friday sermon at Srinagar's Jama Masjid for a third week. Locals criticized the m...21 Dec, 2024, 07.43 AM IST
- Russia executed 77 civilian detainees in Ukraine: UNReports have revealed that Russia summarily executed 77 detainees, of which it had arbitrarily detained, during its Ukraine invasion, with ...27 Jun, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
- Preventive detention laws colonial legacy, must be used only in rarest of rare cases: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India has said that preventive detention laws, a legacy of colonial rule, must be used only in exceptional cases and c...10 Apr, 2023, 10.21 PM IST
- Xinjiang report: China must address grave human rights violations suggests UN expertsThey also drew attention to the report’s findings of credible allegations of patterns of torture or ill-treatment, including forced medical...07 Sep, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
- Ghislaine Maxwell's family goes to UN, files complaint over her 'illegal' detentionMaxwell, former lover of Jeffrey Epstein, goes on trial in the US next week.23 Nov, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
- China continues to violate obligations, abuse international bodies, says new reportBeijing has imposed ever more stringent measures against its minority communities and Chinese dissidents and has even signed extradition tr...22 Oct, 2021, 11.45 AM IST
- Extradited from Dubai as quid pro quo for Sheikha Latifa: Christian Michel in HCMichel, extradited from Dubai in December 2018, has been behind bars for over 30 months. It is the first time that he has made the’ quid pr...29 Jul, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
- Christian Michel was ‘kidnapped’ like Mehul Choksi is being abducted now, says Agusta accused’s Delhi lawyer"Princess Latifa was handed over to the Dubai government as a quid pro pro for Michel and it was a kidnapping. That was upheld by the UN — ...04 Jun, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
- Japan should compensate Carlos Ghosn for 'arbitrary' detention: UN panelIn an opinion dated late last week and harshly condemned by Japan, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concluded that "the process ...24 Nov, 2020, 08.02 AM IST
- Saifuddin Soz’s wife files habeas corpus petition in SCSenior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz’s wife moved the Supreme Court on Friday challenging his arbitrary and illegal detention since August ...30 May, 2020, 08.40 AM IST
- 'Despotism, arbitrariness' constitute rule of law in J&K: Chidambaram after Abdullah's release"Dr Farooq Abdullah, welcome to freedom. What was the justification to keep him in detention without charges for 7 months? If there was jus...13 Mar, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
- Habeas Corpus petition for Omar in SCSenior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioner, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench headed by Justice N V Ram...11 Feb, 2020, 07.20 AM IST
- US expresses concern over emergency in MaldivesKirby asked Maldives to end politically motivated prosecutions and detentions, including that of former president Mohamed Nasheed.05 Nov, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
- Maldivian President's message to Sushma Sawarj addressed to international community, says governmentIndia today downplayed the Maldivian President's remarks to Sawarj that his government will not tolerate foreign interference in domestic i...13 Oct, 2015, 06.50 PM IST
- Australia rights body terms Indian student detention as arbitrary; likely to get a compensation of 600,000 Australian dollarsPrashant Cherkupalli was detained in late 2004 for working at a bakery in Western Sydney without the correct visa.24 Oct, 2011, 02.50 PM IST
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