Topic: Human rights
Violations and violence: Everyday reality of denotified communities in India
After almost 150 years of the Criminal Tribes Act and almost 70 years after the Habitual Offenders’ Act, the collective callousness of the police department has been the same and that has been hampering the lives of de-notified communities in significant, unimaginable ways.
Rights violation during custody of Siddique Kappan: Fraternity Movement urges NHRC to institute inquiry
Student organisation Fraternity Movement has sought the intervention of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to stop the violation of human rights of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who is currently imprisoned in Uttar Pradesh jail under draconian UAPA.
“Siddique Kappan is chained to cot like an animal in hospital,” lawyer in an urgent letter to CJI
"The wife of Siddique Kappan, came to know that…Kappan is chained like an animal in a cot of the Medical College Hospital, Mathura, without mobility, and he neither could take food, nor could go to toilet for the last more than 4 days, and is very critical," read the plea by Advocate Wills Mathews.
Pandemic pushing people even further behind, UN rights chief warns
Delivering a global update to the Human Rights Council, Michelle Bachelet said people everywhere were being excluded from not only development, but also opportunities.
Pandemic recovery presents historic opportunity to ensure human rights for all: UN
Human rights have been battered in the COVID-19 pandemic but recovery represents a chance to improve on the status quo and finally ensure dignity for all, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Rights groups in Punjab demand release of protesters, withdrawal of draconian charges
Six human rights organisations in Punjab including Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP), Human Rights Law Network (HRLN), Peoples' Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Khalra Mission Organisation, Lawyers For Human Rights International ( LFHRI) and Punjab Human Rights Organization (PHRO) have raised deep concern over the disappearances of hundreds of the agitating farmers in Delhi and said "as many as 200 protesters have been detained, while many have been booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Sedition sections in Delhi following the incidents took place at Red Fort on January 26."
