Human Rights

Ahmedabad, Aug 3 (PTI) The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a Pathalgadi movement activist from Jharkhand, arrested in Gujarat on the charges of sedition and `waging war against the government'.

Babita Kashyap had been arrested by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) last year for allegedly inciting tribals against the Gujarat government.

Justice S H Vora granted her bail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000. She shall not leave India without the session court's permission, the order said.

03 Aug 2021; MEMO: Amnesty International yesterday accused the Lebanese authorities of "obstructing" the quest for justice in the investigation into the Beirut port explosion which killed nearly 200 people and left 300,000 others homeless one year ago.

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The United States is returning more than 17,000 ancient artifacts looted and smuggled out of Iraq after the U.S. invasion in 2003, including a 3,500-year-old clay tablet bearing part of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Iraq said on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of antiquities disappeared from Iraq after the 2003 invasion that toppled leader Saddam Hussein. Many more were smuggled or destroyed by the iconoclastic Islamic State group, which held a third of Iraq between 2014 and 2017 before it was defeated by Iraqi and international forces.

United Nations, Aug 3 (PTI) Any instability in Myanmar will directly affect India and New Delhi does not want action by the international community that would further destabilise the Southeast Asian country, India's Permanent Representative to the UN and President of UN Security Council for the month of August Ambassador T S Tirumurti has said.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: Around 250 cyclists went to London yesterday as the Big Ride for Palestine completed the final stage of the journey from Bristol to the capital raising awareness of the Palestinian cause and funds for children in the Gaza Strip. Crowds welcomed the riders along the way in Swindon, Oxford and Luton, with receptions featuring local mayors, councillors and trade union officials.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: The International Jurists Union (IJU) has announced that it will send an official delegation to Tunisia this week for three days, during which it will meet with several activists in the field of freedom and human rights to determine the situation in Tunisia.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Al-Hadmi, yesterday called on the international community to "immediately intervene" in the Sheikh Jarrah case which sees Palestinians being forcibly evicted from their homes to make way for illegal settlers.

Al-Hadmi warned in a statement that the Israeli government describes the case as a "real estate dispute", noting what is happening in Sheikh Jarrah is a "political issue par excellence".

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza on Sunday warned of the repercussions of the lack of medicine and treatment protocols for cancer patients due to the continued Israeli blockade.

02 Aug 2021; MEMO: An Israeli settler shot at Palestinians in the occupied West Bank using an Israeli soldier's weapon, footage released by rights group B'Tselem shows.

Palestinian who witnessed the incident, which took place on 26 June, said the soldier gave the settler the weapon, while the Israeli military claims the settler "took the weapon from the soldier and shot in the air", Haaretz reported.

New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Prominent citizens and activists like Aruna Roy and Teesta Setalvad on Sunday criticised the law against triple talaq, claiming it is fundamentally anti-minority, anti-women and anti-constitutional.

They also said that the law seeks to disparage the Muslim community.

Their remarks came on a day the government and several organisations observed 'Muslim Women's Rights Day' to mark the enactment of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.