Kashmir Human Rights Report

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

India today issued a strong response to Pakistan's comments at the United Nation's Human Rights Council, calling it "offensive rhetoric, false allegation and concocted charges". Vijay Thakur Singh, the Secretary East, who addressed the meet, also said the government's move on Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter for India.

A dossier expected to be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today allegedly cites remarks made by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah to buttress its claims of atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir, news agency IANS has reported.

India and Pakistan are expected to face off today over Jammu and Kashmir at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Switzerland. Pakistan, which has so far been unsuccessfully flagging the government's move to end special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate it into two union territories at various international forums, had ann...

With the lockdown in Kashmir entering its sixth week, the chief of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday said she was "deeply concerned" about the severe restrictions ordered by the Indian government since it revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special status last month.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval told NDTV today thatthe governmenthad no specific time plan in place for the release of detained politicians in Jammu and Kashmir, while also claiming that the centre had sought to ensure "no human right has been violated"

The Congress today hit out at Pakistan for "mischievously" dragging Rahul Gandhi's name in a petition, reportedly moved in the United Nations, to justify its "lies" and misinformation on Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the Congress said that Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be an integral part of India as it accused Pakistan of ins...

Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen on Monday vehemently criticised the government's move on Kashmir, saying it not only emphasised majority rule "as opposed to it sustaining the rights of all human beings".

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter has released a second voice message saying she has been detained at her home, days after her mother was arrested. Iltija Javed has also written to Home Minister Amit Shah saying she has been "threatened with dire consequences" if she speaks to the media again. "Kashmiris have been ca...

India has reacted strongly and lodged a diplomatic protest over a new report by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has called the report "false, with a motivated narrative".

Human rights in India are "much more respected than in many other countries of the world," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said in an exclusive interview to NDTV. Mr Guterres, who visited India last month, also said UN's relationship with India is not centred only on the question of Kashmir. The comments come months after a UN report on K...

When the United Nations Human Rights Office published a report on Kashmir earlier this year, calling for an inquiry into "multiple violations", it evoked sharp rebuttals from the Indian administration. Among the questions raised about the report was: How was it framed without access to the region on either side of the Line of Control?

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected a UN report on alleged human rights violation in Kashmir, saying Indian Army exercises maximum restraint in carrying out operations in the troubled state.

The BJP on Tuesday termed a recent UN Human Rights Commission report on alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir as a "nefarious conspiracy" designed by Pakistan, following reports that a Canada-based Pakistani was in touch with the author of the report.

A Canada-based Pakistani Imam has claimed that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein was in constant touch with him while preparing his recent report on alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. The report tears into both India and Pakistan for human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakist...

India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that the government has taken steps to improve the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir and restor...

India today issued a strong response to Pakistan's comments at the United Nation's Human Rights Council, calling it "offensive rhetoric, false allegation and concocted charges". Vijay Thakur Singh, the Secretary East, who addressed the meet, also said the government's move on Jammu and Kashmir was an internal matter for India.

A dossier expected to be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) today allegedly cites remarks made by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah to buttress its claims of atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir, news agency IANS has reported.

India and Pakistan are expected to face off today over Jammu and Kashmir at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, Switzerland. Pakistan, which has so far been unsuccessfully flagging the government's move to end special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate it into two union territories at various international forums, had ann...

With the lockdown in Kashmir entering its sixth week, the chief of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday said she was "deeply concerned" about the severe restrictions ordered by the Indian government since it revoked Jammu and Kashmir's decades-old special status last month.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval told NDTV today thatthe governmenthad no specific time plan in place for the release of detained politicians in Jammu and Kashmir, while also claiming that the centre had sought to ensure "no human right has been violated"

The Congress today hit out at Pakistan for "mischievously" dragging Rahul Gandhi's name in a petition, reportedly moved in the United Nations, to justify its "lies" and misinformation on Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the Congress said that Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were and will always be an integral part of India as it accused Pakistan of ins...

Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen on Monday vehemently criticised the government's move on Kashmir, saying it not only emphasised majority rule "as opposed to it sustaining the rights of all human beings".

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter has released a second voice message saying she has been detained at her home, days after her mother was arrested. Iltija Javed has also written to Home Minister Amit Shah saying she has been "threatened with dire consequences" if she speaks to the media again. "Kashmiris have been ca...

India has reacted strongly and lodged a diplomatic protest over a new report by the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has called the report "false, with a motivated narrative".

Human rights in India are "much more respected than in many other countries of the world," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said in an exclusive interview to NDTV. Mr Guterres, who visited India last month, also said UN's relationship with India is not centred only on the question of Kashmir. The comments come months after a UN report on K...

When the United Nations Human Rights Office published a report on Kashmir earlier this year, calling for an inquiry into "multiple violations", it evoked sharp rebuttals from the Indian administration. Among the questions raised about the report was: How was it framed without access to the region on either side of the Line of Control?

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected a UN report on alleged human rights violation in Kashmir, saying Indian Army exercises maximum restraint in carrying out operations in the troubled state.

The BJP on Tuesday termed a recent UN Human Rights Commission report on alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir as a "nefarious conspiracy" designed by Pakistan, following reports that a Canada-based Pakistani was in touch with the author of the report.

A Canada-based Pakistani Imam has claimed that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein was in constant touch with him while preparing his recent report on alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. The report tears into both India and Pakistan for human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and Pakist...