NHRC committed to engaging with human rights defenders: Vijaya Bharathi Sayani
Sayani said that they can play an important role in promoting the culture of respecting human rights and educating the public about them.
Sayani said that they can play an important role in promoting the culture of respecting human rights and educating the public about them.
The apex rights body expressed concern over poor security arrangements in the hospitals of the national capital highlighted by a media report.
The NHRC, acting on a petition filed by human rights lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy, passed the order in this regard.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha Government to formulate a strategy to tackle the problem of sex trade and exploitation of women in the coastal State.
This was stated by the Labour and Employment Ministry in an official press release on Saturday.
The Commission has sought a detailed report from the CS and the DGP in the matter within four weeks.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice and sought for Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Odisha jail administration in an incident pertaining to a male under-trial slitting his genitals by a steel stand of mosquito coils at Bhadrak district jail in October.
The summons comes in response to a complaint filed on September 14, 2021 by Shruti Nagvanshi and Shirin Shabana Khan on the behalf of Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) and Savitri Bai Phule Mahila Panchayat of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The Juang tribes are meted out a raw deal both by the state as well as Central government authorities despite being a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).
According to reports, by the time people rushed to help the victims, they were charred to death.
