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NHRC seeks report from Odisha govt on overcrowding issue of Bhadrak jail

BHUBANESWAR: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the director general of prisons, Odisha and sought a detailed reply from the officer on the overcrowding and precarious condition of Bhadrak jail.

The Times of India · Oct 9, 2022

NHRC hails elective abortion law

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has welcomed a legal amendment that allows for the elective termination of pregnancies between 12 and 20 weeks to ensure safe and legal abortions, a basic right for women urged by at least two international pacts Thailand has signed.

Bangkok Post · Sep 29, 2022

NHRC seeks report from police on BJP worker’s murder

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The Hindu · Sep 27, 2022

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Anti-CAA protest | Allahabad High Court dismisses AMU students’ petitions on police’s action

Students shouldn’t fall in trap unscrupulous persons operating outside the University

The Hindu · Sep 16, 2022

NHRC directs Assam govt. to pay compensation to boy assaulted inside police station

An Assistant Sub-Inspector was seen beating up the minor boy repeatedly with a stick inside the Lahorijan police station.

The Hindu · Sep 15, 2022

NHRC chairperson expresses concern over dumping of e-waste by developed countries

NHRC) chairperson Justice Arun Kumar Mishra (retd.) virtually addressed the Asia Pacific Forum of national human rights institutions of countries in the region

The Hindu · Sep 14, 2022

Allahabad HC orders CBI probe on Dalit man's plea that cops lodged false cases against him

PRAYAGRAJ: Taking a serious note of lodging of a large number of alleged false cases against a Dalit person at the instance of policemen, the Allahabad high court has ordered a CBI probe into some criminal cases registered at Mathura and Firozabad districts. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and…

The Times of India · Sep 14, 2022

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Arunachal Pradesh oil exploration | Fair compensation will be given, says Petroleum Ministry

Chakma Development Foundation of India had approached NHRC

The Hindu · Sep 2, 2022

15 arrested from Meghalaya BJP leader’s ‘brothel’ move NHRC against police

Altogether 73 people were arrested from the farmhouse of Bernard N. Marak on July 22

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022

Keeping post of PwD Commissioner vacant a rights violation: NHRC tells Jharkhand government

Clear apathy, says NHRC and issues notice to State

The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022

National Human Rights Commission asks Assam to submit report on custodial death of Nagaland man

E. Henveih Phom died in Sivasagar district’s Gelekey allegedly due to torture by the police on August 21.

The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: TDP alleges custodial torture of party sympathisers

It urges NHRC to intervene and ensure justice to the ‘victims’

The Hindu · Aug 27, 2022

Seames faces ableism claim

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is urging the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Secretariat (Seames) to compensate a job applicant who was denied a position due to his disability.

Bangkok Post · Aug 12, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Resolve pending cases, NHRC Chairman tells Tirupati administration

It also seeks report on the action taken in the cases already addressed

The Hindu · Aug 7, 2022

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The Times of India · Jul 22, 2022

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation removes misleading transgender signage for toilets

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has informed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the transgender signage for toilets, which was considered not acceptable by the community, has been removed.

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2022

NHRC to draft action plan for mental institutions

NEW DELHI

The Hindu · Jul 3, 2022

NHRC seeks report on harassment of Chakmas in Arunachal

The human rights panel acted on a complaint by an NGO

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2022

India’s nuclear policy reflects its past ideology: NHRC chief

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The Hindu · Jun 30, 2022

UAPA necessary to act against terrorists: Union Minister R. K. Singh

Minister R. K. Singh was speaking at the National Human Rights Commission’s conference on rights in the Indian context

The Times of India · Jun 29, 2022

Opposition files National Human Rights Commission plaint over worker’s suicide

Vijayawada: Opposition parties in AP have lodged a plaint with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging that one Udayagiri Narayana (38), a Dalit man from Kandamooru village in Nellore rural, committed suicide following police harassment after a theft plaint was lodged against him.

The Hindu · Jun 26, 2022

Restore cancelled ration cards: Bandi

TS BJP chief writes to NHRC, says govt. blocking fresh applications

The Hindu · Jun 25, 2022

NHRC issues notice to Centre on “air pollution cutting life expectancy”

Takes suo motu cognisance of media reports quoting a study by Energy Policy Institute at Chicago varsity

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

NHRC notice to Environment Ministry on air pollution impacting life expectancy

The rights panel has issued notice to the Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, seeking a report within four weeks.

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2022

NHRC directs DGP to probe Dalit maid’s alleged torture by police

Rights panel responds to complaint by TDP leader

The Hindu · Jun 13, 2022

NHRC issues notice to Haryana govt over landfill site

The Central Pollution Control Board had in 2017 found that the groundwater of three villages near the landfill was contaminated.

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