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#India – Judges have to watch their scorecard

V. VENKATESAN The deplorably small number of judgments by Justice Cyriac Joseph, especially when courts have a huge backlog of cases, is valid enough reason for concern at his suitability for the National Human Rights Commission The Indian Supreme Court… Continue Reading →

#India – Custodial Torture – Tailor, Farmer, Bootlegger, and many young men #mustread

The Hell Of Living Souls A tailor. A farmer. A bootlegger. Often just young men going about their day. brutally tortured, then acquitted. G Vishnu captures the impunity with which this happens. And why society needs to react G VISHNU , Tehelka… Continue Reading →

Fixing accountability for unlawful killings in India #AFSPA

DIVYA TRIVEDI, The Hindu The HinduStudents demand withdrawal of the Act. Photo: S. Subramanium TOPICS  Periscope India Delhi crime, law and justice laws police punishment execution social issue death and dying Hundred and nine civilian deaths occurred due to police… Continue Reading →

NHRC has not given clean chit to Chhattisgarh Govt on Soni Sori as reported in Media

RAIPUR, April 15, 2013 NHRC gives clean chit to Chhattisgarh Government on Soni Sori   SUVOJIT BAGCHI, The Hindu   While various national women’s organisations decried an attempt to make Soni Sori, the tribal school teacher accused of acting as a… Continue Reading →

Press Release- NHRC recommends 20 lakhs as monetary relief to the victims of human rights violations in Chhattisgarh

NHRC concludes its two day Camp Sitting at Raipur; Recommends 20 lakhs as monetary relief to the victims of human rights violations New Delhi, April, 12, 2013, NHRC PR The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today concluded its two day… Continue Reading →

#Chattisgarh Explain ‘unnecessary’ hysterectomy surgeries: NHRC #Vaw #Womenrights

Press Trust of India, 12/04/2013 Raipur: The NHRC has directed the Chhattisgarh government to submit a report within a month over the allegations that 7,000 ‘unnecessary’ hysterectomy surgeries were conducted in the state by some doctors, just to claim money… Continue Reading →

NHRC’s two-days ‘Camp Sitting’ in Chhattisgrah – Soni Sori Torture #Vaw

CURTAIN RAISER   New Delhi, April 8, 2013 The National Human Rights Commission was set up under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 with a mandate to promote and protect the human rights in the country and it is… Continue Reading →

Seeking public endorsements for Protest Statement regarding NHRC MEMBER selections.

Please see theprotest statement opposing the selection of former NIA Chief   S C Sinha and Justice Cyriac Joseph to the NHRC. ON The NIA Chief an IPS Officer is being appointed as member NHRC under the category which as… Continue Reading →

#Bangalore- NHRC notice to Chief Secretary on evictions from Ejipura

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu   The HinduA child, given food by an NGO, runs to the gigantic pipe that doubles as his home in the wake of the demolition at Ejipura, Bangalore, in January this year. File Photo: Bhagya Prakash…. Continue Reading →

NHRC moved over chaining of mentally-ill woman #Vaw

  J. BALAJI, The Hindu, Feb 15,2013 In a most heart-rending situation, a poor family (parents) in Odisha’s Balasore district has chained their 30-year-old mentally challenged daughter in a bamboo grove just because she behaves violently and they do not… Continue Reading →

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