A woman in Ireland carrying a dying foetus was the victim of “inhuman” treatment caused by the country’s strict abortion laws, United Nations experts said Thursday. The UN Human Rights Committee called on Ireland to “amend” its abortion laws and if necessary its constitution to protect patients and health workers who fear criminal punishment for even providing information about terminating a pregnancy. In November 2011, during her 21st week of […]

“It is India’s right to have a permanent seat in UN Security Council”, thundered PM Narendra Modi recently, addressing the Indian Diaspora in Paris. Modi has now visited over 20 countries in an official capacity, unprecedented for any Indian prime minister in such a short span of time. We have almost reached the qualifying mark, but we are still struggling for a rightful place in the Permanent Security Council! The […]

At least 300 migrants are feared to have drowned after attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa this week in rough seas, the UN says. UNHCR Europe director Vincent Cochetel said the incident was a “tragedy on an enormous scale”. Nine survivors brought to the island of Lampedusa by the Italian coast guard are believed to be from West Africa. Initial reports on Monday suggested that at least […]

United Nations: Approximately 2.2 billion people around the world are “poor or near-poor,” a UN flagship report said Thursday, calling for stronger collective global action in response to vulnerabilities in order to securing human development progress.  The 2014 Human Development Report, released Thursday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), said 1.2 billion people live on $1.25 a day or less, Xinhua reported.  The latest Human Development Index (HDI) included in […]

Rights groups are warning of a backlash against activists in Sri Lanka following a landmark United Nations resolution calling for an international inquiry into abuses at the end of the country’s civil war. The U.N.’s Human Rights Council passed a resolution Thursdaycalling for a “comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights” allegedly committed both by Sri Lankan government forces and the separatist Tamil Tigers in the final […]

Mursi now needs to come off the fence and decide with whom does his loyalty lie with. Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Israel but yet the Israeli ambassador is still in Egypt. This recalling of the egyptian ambassador is what Mubarak did in the past and is simple posturing to the people it means nothing. He has one of the most formidable armed forces in the middle east he just […]