The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed the police to probe into allegations of corruption relating to appointment to the post of pump operators in the Kerala Water Authority (KWA). The directive was issued by Commission member (Judicial) R. Natarajan on the basis of a complaint submitted by C.V. Rajan of Nooranad. In his…
After paying a visit to the families of victims at Chettari hills in Dharmapuri, a fact finding committee of human rights forum has refuted the encounter theory of AP police and said the victims were brutally murdered by the Special Task Force (STF) inside the Seshachalam forest last Tuesday. The team headed by V S…
As for action against the BMC officials, the commission has said it would first like to wait for the BMC and the police report, which are due on April 23. Investigation of the case has been commenced by Trombay police. Taking suo motu cognisance of the gruesome Mankhurd incident in which a woman died after…
Kicking off the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, Qatar, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with several other top UN officials on Sunday spotlighted the critical connection between rule of law and sustainable development. “All societies need fair criminal justice systems, effective, accountable institutions, and access to justice for all,”…
National Human Rights Commission expressed concern over delay in the setting up of Tribunal to settle claims of victims of endosulfan and asked Government of Kerala to expedite it. “It has given eight weeks time to the State Government through its Chief Secretary to respond with a report about the progress on the issue along…
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that the Telangana police shot dead five undertrials while they were being taken to Hyderabad in connection with a court case on Tuesday. The Commission, which is currently holding a camp sitting here, issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director-General…
In reaction to the MHA move to suspend Greenpeace’s registration for alleged “anti-development” activities, a cross section of NGO representatives The Hindu spoke to said that civil society was being actively muzzled by the NDA government. Pointing out that it would be misleading to label Greenpeace as a “foreign-funded organisation”, Samit Aich, its executive director…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada next week, a Sikh rights group has filed a complaint with the country’s Attorney General seeking criminal proceedings against him for alleged offences during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has filed the 16-page complaint asking Canadian Attorney General and Minister of…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday said that 35 magisterial and judicial probes are underway against security forces for alleged human rights violations in the state. As many as 22 magisterial inquiries and 13 judicial inquiries against security force personnel for alleged human rights violations are at different stages of inquiry in the state,…
20 Killed in Andhra Encounter: Did the Police Use Too Much Force? Police in Andhra Pradesh shot dead 20 people who they say are smugglers, but the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has now sent them a notice which says the incident involved a serious violation of human rights and self defence can’t be justified.…