Presenting its new report to the Human Rights Council 51st session, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries said that this was due to the particularity of the perpetrators and the way they operate. They also noted that the proliferation of mercenaries, contractors operating as soldiers for hire and private security companies in conflict, post-conflict and peacetime settings, has increased the number of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. “Deplorable gaps in accountability, access to justice, and remedies for victims of violations perpetrated by such actors are rampant,” said Sorcha MacLeod, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group, who…
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday met Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, the chief of All India Imam Organisation. The closed-door meeting was organized as the RSS chief attempted to reach out to the Muslim community. The meeting at Kasturba Gandhi Marg mosque lasted for more than an hour in New Delhi. Bhagwat was accompanied by senior Sangh functionaries Krishna Gopal, Ram Lal and Indresh Kumar. “RSS Sarsanghachalak meets people from all walks of life. It is part of the continuous general ‘Samvad’ process,” RSS Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar said. RSS sources said issues like hijab controversy…
The by-election to Munugode assembly seat is going to spell doom for TRS government led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said state P president Bandi Sanjay Kumar. “KCR’s game is up and his shop is going to be wound up soon,” he said, while addressing the public meeting at the conclusion of his fourth-phase of Praja Sangrama Yatra at Pedda Amberpet on the outskirts of Hyderabad, on Thursday evening. Stating that the BJP is rearing for the showdown with the TRS, he said his party was ready to fight even if the TRS joins hands with the All India…
By Nava Thakuria, North East based senior journalist Organised by Prajna Prabah, the 3-day celebration of the Lok Parampara with the theme to seek the cultural and traditional heritages hidden in the various corners of India especially in its north-eastern part, Lokmanthan 2022 is expected to rejuvenate the audience with a series of intellectual and cultural exercises. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar called for strengthening the thriving space for discussion and dialogue in the public realm, suggesting that intolerance of others point of view is antithetical to the vision of free exchange of thought. He the third edition of Lokmanthan on…
Australian human rights advocate Noël Yandamutso Zihabamwe and human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson of Doughty Street Chambers, London have today met with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) in Geneva, Switzerland to detail ongoing harassment from the Rwandan Government following Mr Zihabamwe’s complaint to the UN about the disappearance of his brothers.“I greatly appreciate the opportunity to speak to the Working Group today to detail the harassment and intimidation I’ve experience from the Rwandan Government, its representatives, and the Rwandan media since filing my original complaint to the United Nations,” Mr Zihabamwe said.Mr Zihabamwe previously…
“Exploiting resources is not native to our culture. We are rooted in simplicity. We have been subconsciously living the LiFE-Lifestyle for the Environment. We worship nature and its various elements. We now have to propagate this thought process to the entire world” said R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy. Addressing at the launch event of Agni Tattva – Energy for LiFE, an initiative under the umbrella campaign of Sumangalam was held yesterday at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, he said we have now twin objectives before us, firstly we shouldn’t blindly ape the west. Secondly,…
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stones for 8 National Highway Projects worth Rs. 3000 Crore in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh in presence of Andhra Pradesh Roads & Buildings Minister Dadisetti Ramalingeswara Rao , BJP State President Somu Veer Raju, MPs, MLAs and senior officials. Addressing the gathering Gadkari said once the projects are completed, they will provide green field road connectivity to Kakinada SEZ*, SEZ Port, Fishing Harbour and Kakinada Anchorage Port, which will smoothen the export of rice, sea food, oil meals, iron-ore, bio-fuel, granite etc. through Kakinada Port. The Minister said the…
Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), New Delhi under the aegis of DEPwD (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India is celebrating Sign Language Day-2022 today at C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi. Ever since the United Nations declared 23rd September as the International Day of Sign Languages, the ISLRTC celebrates it every year on 23rd September. This year National Implementation Committee (NIC) chaired by Home Minister inter-alia approved the event – “Sign Language Day” on 23rd Sep, 2022 to be conducted and celebrated by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment” (Department…
Fulfilling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Left Wing Extremism Free India and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s zero tolerance policy against extremism, the Ministry of Home Affairs has reached the final stage of decisive battle against Left Wing Extremism across the country. The security forces today achieved a decisive victory in the ongoing fight against Left Wing Extremism. For the first time by entering the ‘Budhapahad’ situated at the border of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and the extremely inaccessible areas of Chakrabandha and Bhimabandh of Bihar and successfully ousting the Maoists from their strongholds, permanent security forces camps have been…
Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Governor of Telangana and Lt. Governor of Puducherry, said that women have come a long way from being a homemaker to becoming a change-maker and though it is not an easy task but women have dedicated their lives to serve the country and humanity. She was speaking as chief guest at the Workshop on Gender Responsive Governance for elected women representatives (MLAs) from six States under ‘She Is A Change maker’ project, a pan-India capacity building programme of theNational Commission for Women (NCW), for improving leadership skills of women representatives at all levels. She also said…