Singapore says foreigners need permit for public assemblies
Daily Mail
Singapore posted new public speaking rules, clarifying that foreign companies and individuals need a permit to sponsor or take part in certain events, in an amendment that will restrict foreign support for an annual gay-rights gathering.
CHRI
Afghanistan’s Right to Information activists visited Delhi recently with the RTI team at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) on October 18th.
The Diplomat
The controversial Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, which permits administrative detention without judicial intervention for up to two years, has been condemned by the international community about concerns over the law being arbitrarily applied to human rights defenders. According to Human Rights Watch the law contains vague and overly broad terms.
India New England News
In the world’s largest democracy, an English teacher in Mumbai is working to educate the youth in a Human Rights program. She saw a transformation of children. The program is called Youth for Human Rights and is an international non-profit supported by the Church of Scientology.
Times of India
India has seen ‘dramatic’ improvements in the opportunities available to children girls, a UN report said while using the country as an example of improving the condition of their youthful populations.
Hindustan Times
A recent survey conducted across 5 Indian states by Swasti Health Resource Centre for 12 such CO’s has shown that gay men who seek support were far safer than those living with close members of the family. More than half of all men who face physical violence (52.4%) were still living with their parents and mostly not out yet.
Kashmir dispute spills over into the entertainment industry
The Independent
Pakistan is banning Bollywood films and all Indian programmes and music across the country’s television and radio networks amid heightened tensions with its neighbour in the disputed Kashmir region.
Pakistan rules schizophrenia not a mental disorder
The Independent
Pakistan’s highest court has ruled that schizophrenia does not qualify as a mental ‘disorder’ under the country’s legal definition paving the way for a mentally ill man’s execution. The UN said it would be against international law to hand Imdad Ali, who was sentenced to death over the murder of a religious scholar in 2012.
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