United States (HRNW): US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on the US media, saying he has “forcefully condemned hatred and bigotry” but this goes unreported. Speaking at a rally in Florida ahead of…
United States (HRNW): Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Polish model in New York, legal documents show. The alleged victim claims that the film producer forced her to grope him…
Latin America (HRNW): A judge in Peru has ordered that opposition leader Keiko Fujimori spend three years in jail while she awaits trial for corruption. Judge Richard Concepción said there was a high risk of Ms…
North Korea (HRNW): North Korean officials commit sexual abuse against women with near total impunity, according to a report from rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said such abuse is so common it has become…
North America (HRNW): Staff at Google offices around the world are staging an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct…
Pakistan (HRNW): This could have been an open and shut case. The complainants had quarrelled with Asia Bibi, and could be reasonably suspected of having dragged her to the court out of malice. The fact that…
Karachi (HRNW): Roads were blocked in major cities across the country as religious parties continued to protest for a second day on Thursday following a Supreme Court verdict acquitting Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to…
Karachi (HRNW): Anti-Corruption officials in an operation against illegal hydrants in Karachi sealed three hydrants in Karachi’s district west. According to a spokesman of the anti-corruption department, the officials have sealed three illegal hydrants in Karachi…
Karachi (HRNW): Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah has decided to cut his Islamabad visit short and will return back to Karachi in the wake of the tense situation in the province after Supreme Court…
Karachi (HRNW): The Sindh High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over ‘police crackdown’ on tobacco sellers and sought comprehensive report in this regard, Hearing the case regarding sale of gutka across the city, the SHC bench…