In a significant judgment, the apex court upheld a woman’s right to have a child even if she is mentally challenged More...

The authorities at Tihar jail, which began HIV screening a year ago, are shocked at the number of inmates who have tested positive, most of them drug users More...

The Delhi High Court has legalised gay sex among consenting adults, holding that the law making it a criminal offence violates fundamental rights More...

Until recently, the central government has been divided over the issue of legalising homosexuality. Now, the home ministry says, Section 377 is “an absurdity in the present day” More...

According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh was the second most unsafe city for women in India, after Delhi, in 2007-2008. And, crimes against dalits rose by 5% in Uttar Pradesh despite the state having a dalit chief minister More...

Even as an Indian youth battles for life after a brutal attack on a group of four Indian students in Australia, Amnesty International says that the global economic downturn has aggravated human rights violations, and xenophobia is on the rise More...

The Supreme Court has finally granted Dr Binayak Sen bail, after two long years. Human rights activists hope the case will be resolved soon More...

Calling homosexuality normal, three psychiatrists have asked the government to abolish Section 377, the law that makes homosexuality a criminal activity More...

The international rights body also expresses concern that an auxiliary force of special police officers, intended only for civilian law enforcement, is being used in armed operations against Maoist insurgents in Orissa More...

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