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NHRC flags pollution effect on human rights

In advisory, it urges Centre and States to take action

The Hindu

Delhi: Specify what norms violated by owner, police tell agencies

NEW DELHI: Police have written to Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to place on record the norms flouted by the building owner in Mundka, where a blaze claimed 27 lives on Friday.

The Times of India

Mundka fire | NHRC issues notice to Delhi government, sends probe team to site

The Commission also asked its director-general to immediately send a team for an on-the-spot investigation

The Hindu

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NHRC notice to Telangana govt, DGP in suspected honour killing case

The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of media reports that a 25-year-old man was brutally killed in broad public view in Hyderabad

The Hindu

Data | Tamil Nadu records most custodial deaths in South India

Despite a large number of custodial deaths being recorded in India, the National Human Rights Commission has not recommended prosecution in even one such case between 2016-17 and 2021-22 (up to Feb. 28)

The Hindu

NHRC directs police to find missing Kashmiri medical student

Suhail, a Kashmiri student at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, has been missing since Feb. 9.

The Hindu

EU human rights official says he raised communal violence, NGOs ban with Indian government

Official versions of the meetings have made no reference to contentious issues

The Hindu

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Govt. needs to do more on social security of truck drivers: NHRC

Truck drivers are not recognised as an organised workforce, says Retd Justice Arun Mishra

The Hindu

NHRC seeks action on deprivation of karatekas

Guwahati-based rights activist said the contact sport athletes have been denied benefits due to non-recognition

The Hindu

1,902 families to join welfare schemes in Odisha on NHRC’s order

Nearly 2,000 applications cleared in a rare single session by the apex human rights body

The Hindu

Prominent scholar Saneh dies at 94

Renowned scholar and former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Saneh Chamarik died aged 94 on Saturday. Funeral bathing rites will be held at Wat Thep Sirintharawat on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

When fake news curbs go too far

As Covid-19 pandemic restrictions ease and society gradually learns to live with the disease, Thailand is at a point where it must decide whether to usher in a sense of normalcy or continue enforcing regulations -- some of which are aimed at what the government sees as a different kind…

Bangkok Post

Relief for endosulfan victims as SC orders payment of compensation

Apex court grants four weeks for compliance with order

The Hindu

Closing the gaps in criminal justice

States could do better in incorporating the Supreme Court’s crucial guidelines to overcome certain deficiencies

The Hindu

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NHRC notice to Delhi govt over photos showing man standing chest-deep in muck inside drain

NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Delhi government over a report which also carried photographs showing a man standing "chest-deep in muck" inside a drain at Kashmere Gate area here, officials said. The NHRC has observed that the incident indicates that despite unwarranted…

The Times of India

NHRC notice to Delhi govt, police chief over death of four men in sewer line

NEW DELHI: The NHRC on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi government and the city's police chief over death of four men after they got trapped inside a sewer in northwest Delhi's Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar area in Rohini.

Bangkok Post

Hilltribe DNA tests an 'infringement of rights'

Police have infringed upon the rights of 51 Lahu highlanders in Chiang Mai by taking DNA samples from them without proper consent, according to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The Hindu

NHRC issues notices to Bengal govt, police on Birbhum incident

It takes took suo motu cognisance of media reports about 8 people, including children, being being burnt to death

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NHRC issues notice to Delhi Government over water bodies

Detailed reports sought within six weeks

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NHRC seeks report in a case of murder by mob

Complainant has sought investigation by CID and compensation to the next of kin of the boy

The Hindu

‘NHRC should revise draft model laws on asylum and refugees’

Many participants of a discussion raise issue of India not having specific law for refugees and asylum-seekers, according to minutes of meeting

The Hindu

Due process of law being followed in police encounters: Assam government to Gauhati High Court

Assam Home & Political Department Additional Secretary said that as per the directions of the NHRC, the 6-monthly “return” is also being regularly submitted.

The Hindu

NHRC directs MHA to protect rights of Arunachal Chakmas

A New Delhi-based foundation had approached the rights body against racial profiling and relocation of the Chakmas and Hajongs

The Hindu

Chakmas approach NHRC for aid

A Delhi-based foundation highlights indifference to Chakma and Deori communities

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#Chhattisgarh: Police claim Adivasi woman wasn’t raped by security forces, say her husband is a Naxal

It’s almost a year since a pregnant Adivasi woman was allegedly raped by security forces in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, and over nine months since the National Commission for Women and the National Human Rights Commission began sending notices to the Chhattisgarh police, asking for an Action Taken Report in the case.…

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