Human Rights

Srinagar, May 7; GANASHAKTI: The indiscriminate arrests of youths across Kashmir and particularly in southern districts of the Valley in the recent times will erode people’s trust in the government further and widen the gulf which would be difficult to bridge.

Jaipur, May 7 (PTI) Three persons, including two brothers, were Tuesday booked for raping a 17-year-old girl in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, police said.

The incident took place on Monday when the girl was alone at her home as her mother had gone to attend a wedding, they said.

The accused barged into the home and raped the girl, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Bayana Chetram Sevda said.

Jaipur, May 7 (PTI) A woman was allegedly raped by five men in front of her husband in Rajasthan's Alwar district, following which one of the accused was arrested on Tuesday, police said.

The assailants also filmed the crime and uploaded the video on social media, they said.

Thane, May 7 (PTI) Five members of a family have been booked for allegedly torturing a 26-year-old woman for dowry in Thane's Ulhasnagar township, police said Tuesday.

The complainant, a resident of Haweli area in Pune, has told police that her in-laws, husband and their kin would inflict burn injuries on her with hot oil, police said.

Imphal, May 8 (PTI) Vigilance has been stepped up by the Assam Rifles along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur to check possible human trafficking and illegal drug trade, an official of the paramilitary force said here Wednesday.

The locals, mostly traders travelling to the border town of Moreh, have been asked to travel with proper identity proofs, the official said.

The existing bilateral agreement allowed local residents of both the countries to travel up to 16 km from the border without travel documents.

ISLAMABAD, May 8 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday strongly condemned the blast near Data Darbar in Lahore.

In a statement, She expressed heartfelt condolences with the families of the martyred and said that those targeting the Mazars of Sufi saints were enemies of Pakistan who want to create anarchy in the country through hatching conspiracies.

LAHORE, May 08 (APP): Atleast three policemen were killed and 18 others suffered injuries in a blast near Data Darbar here on
Wednesday.

According to Rescue-1122, a blast occurred near a police van outside Data Darbar,gate no.2. As a result,three police men were killed and 18 other people received injuries.

The injured were shifted to Mayo hospital here.

BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit Tuesday to Baghdad aimed at showing support for the Iraqi government as the United States has been picking up intelligence that Iran is threatening American interests in the Middle East.

The top American diplomat’s unannounced trip to the Iraqi capital began and ended after nightfall under heavy security following the abrupt cancellation of a visit to Germany.

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s removal of protections from deportation for young immigrants and the separation of immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border are part of the “battle for the soul of the country” that spurred his White House bid.

Biden, making his first visit as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to heavily Latino Nevada, said President Donald Trump uses immigration “to demonize people.”

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the policy is challenged in court, handing the president a major victory, even if it only proves temporary.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — a frequent target of the president’s complaints — reversed a decision by a San Francisco judge that would have prevented asylum seekers from being returned to Mexico during the legal challenge.