His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Receive 2015 Liberty Medal

DHARAMSHALA: The National Constitution Center, based in Philadelphia, United States, has announced that Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will receive the 2015 Liberty Medal in recognition of his advocacy for human rights worldwide.

Japanese academics urge Abe to renew "comfort women" apology

Japanese academics Monday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to renew apologies for the country's imperialist past and offer to compensate victims of its wartime brothel system, in the latest intervention from educationalists.

HRW asks UN to put Israel on child rights violators list. (Also calling for the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas)

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to add Israel to an annual "List of Shame" of children's rights violators, after more than 500 children were killed in the war in Gaza last year.