Champion for humanity
There are many dimensions to Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III’s demeanour in his public life. Born on the 2ndof November, 1877, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah became the 48th…
As humanity bubbled in prison
“THEY killed Stan Swamy.” Fellow journalist John Dayal’s Facebook message startled me. The 84-year-old Jesuit priest was put on the ventilator two days ago after weeks of fighting Covid at…
Humanitarian response
A little over a year ago, the director-general of the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic. Many things have changed for all of us since then. I…
Humane cages?
Countless variants of the theme of caged children were used to try to shame leftists into voting for Biden in the recent presidential elections, despite the fact that – as…
Inhumane acts
Black Ribbon Day is observed every year on August 23 in the European Union and other parts of the world, including Canada and the US. Officially known as the European…
Human rights & mental health
A DECADE ago, world-renowned psychiatrist and medical anthropologist Arthur Kleinman termed the standard of mental healthcare across the world a ‘failure of humanity’. He noted that the worse deficiencies of…
Human rights priorities
ON Monday, when the nations of the world celebrate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Pakistan government too will be expected to…
Crimes against humanity
A 28-year-old man, driven by extreme hatred against Muslim immigrants in Christian societies, empties his guns on people offering Friday prayers, killing 50 of them and crippling or injuring several…
The minefield that is human rights
The human rights ministry was not given much attention or focus in the past and other ministries poached on its domain with impunity. When the PM made me the minister…
India’s unchecked human rights crimes
At his weekly media briefing, the Foreign Office spokesman drew attention to the worsening human rights situation in occupied Kashmir as well as in various parts of India. Giving some…
