We have noticed with concern that the state and its institutions are getting increasingly intolerant. The state is resorting to repression in the name of ensuring sovereignty and security.

In the spirit of World Human Rights Day 2015, to make people aware of fundamental freedom and rights, and to provide them a platform to come...

Since Its establishment in 1945, the United Nations (UN) has been playing the role of a pioneer in institutionalising human rights...

It is common knowledge that authoritarian regimes (both unelected regimes and elected regimes subsequently turning into tyrannies)...

An air strike believed to have been carried out by the US-led coalition killed four Syrian military personnel in Deir al Zor province, which is mostly held by Islamic State, a monitoring group says, in what would be the first time coalition warplanes had hit Syrian government forces.

Govt is assessing Bangladesh-Pakistan ties, considering measures need to be taken over Pak reaction after execution of 2 war criminals, says foreign minister.

Turkey and the European Union agreed at a summit on a "historic" three-billion-euro ($3.2 billion) aid deal to stem the flow of Syrian refugees and other migrants to Europe.

BNP Chairperson Khaled Zia says that a new autocratic force is running the country ignoring the people’s democratic, fundamental and human rights.

Is smoking weed a human right? A Mexican court has ruled that smoking pot is a fundamental human right.

We fully endorse the anxiety expressed by a local human rights organisation at the increasing incidence of violence against children.

The four employees of an NGO, arrested in a case filed under the Human Trafficking Act over a month ago, were granted bail by a Dhaka court yesterday as a police probe found no proof of their involvement.

The horrific tale of a housemaid who faced torture from her employers has come to light in Sylhet’s MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Arzu Mia, chief of Bangladesh Chhatra League's Lalbagh unit who allegedly beat dead a teenage boy in Dhaka, has been killed in what Rab says gunfight.

National Human Rights Commission Chairman Prof Mizanur Rahman calls upon the government to take steps to ensure freedom of the commission.

Vrinda Grover, human rights lawyer at the Supreme Court of India and advocate for women's rights, talks to Amitava Kar of The Daily Star about the hurdles people of this region face seeking justice and how to possibly overcome them. Vrinda Grover was one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2013.

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to declare an unequivocal commitment to free speech instead of proposing self-censorship.

Human rights leaders are blaming the long pervasive culture of impunity as one of the major reasons for the gruesome killings of children and bloggers.

In face of hardships and struggle in everyday life, the population belonging to ethnic minority demands constitutional recognition, equal rights and dignity.

Nearly a month into the killing of Rajon, another 13-year-old boy has been allegedly tortured to death in Khulna.

Pakistan executes Shafqat Hussain, convicted of killing a child in 2004, despite appeals from international human rights groups.