Alleged irregularities in medical procurement in Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh have exposed vulnerabilities in public purchasing, including suspected price inflation, manipulated tenders and collusion between officials and private suppliers. As political
Children as young as 12 are becoming involved in attacks linked to online communities that glorify mass shootings, celebrate violence and exploit vulnerable young people, according to an assessment by The Soufan Center, which warns that youth involvement in violent
Having failed on multiple occasions to reach consensus with the LTTE, Sri Lanka, finally, during President Mahinda Rajapaksa tenure, launched all-out war. The LTTE
Countries across Asia and the Pacific have made remarkable strides over the past three decades in tackling poverty through a combination of economic growth,
Six years after Israel criminalized the purchase of prostitution services, a State Comptroller report has found that enforcement remains limited, with police action concentrated in a small number of districts and government
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The gunshots and screams that echoed from Negombo prison in July 2026 marked a moment of profound alarm for the country’s correctional system. What unfolded inside the
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United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the sentencing of prominent Baloch human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch to two terms of life imprisonment by an Anti-Terrorism Court in
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Prison riots in Negombo have claimed 27 lives including those of seven officers and left more than 100 others injured. It is believed that a clash between a group of drug peddlers
More Editorial Negombo Prison is not merely the scene of another prison riot. It is the scene of a state failure. Twenty-six people are now reported dead. More than hundred have been injured.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo At least 26 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two consecutive days of violence at Negombo Prison in western Sri Lanka, where renewed
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The children of women confined in Brazil’s infamous Barbacena Hospital-Colony are pursuing legal action against the state, reopening a chapter of institutional history marked by mass deaths, forced confinement, and the separation
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The Government of the Netherlands has formally apologized to mothers who were forced to give up their children for adoption between 1956 and 1984, acknowledging what it described as a painful historical
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A United Nations expert has warned that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance remain deeply entrenched across all levels of sport worldwide, urging states and sporting bodies to take coordinated action
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Editorial Alas… now they read. Now they study. Now they discover history. For years, political movements built entire narratives around symbols, slogans, and emotional promises. They presented simple answers to complex problems.
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A crowd gathers outside a theatre in Soweto, Johannesburg, carrying South African flags, blowing Vuvuzelas and whistles, and chanting slogans. The atmosphere resembles a national celebration, but there is no sense of
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay $395 million to resolve 530 claims of child sexual abuse, bringing to a close one of the largest Catholic Church abuse settlements in
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In the bustling streets of Lahore, 14-year-old Ayesha logged into her favorite social media app one evening in early 2026, seeking connection with friends after a long school day. Within hours, what
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Sri Lanka must strengthen its National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) and take concrete action to address continuing risks of torture and ill-treatment faced by people deprived of their liberty, the United Nations Subcommittee
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When a well-known actor suffered a stroke, the damage appeared to threaten the very foundation of his career. Left with aphasia — a condition that affects the ability to speak — he
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