Topic: NHRC
Global rights groups urge GANHRI to uphold recommendation downgrading India’s NHRC to “B” status
A coalition of prominent international and national human rights networks has urged the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Bureau to uphold the Sub-Committee on Accreditation’s (SCA) recommendation to downgrade the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) from “A” to “B” status.
NHRC flags ‘human rights violation’ in Railways serving only halal meat, seeks action report
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Railway Board after receiving a complaint alleging that Indian Railways serves only halal-processed meat on its trains, which, they alleged, creates “unfair discrimination” and violates the rights of passengers who follow other religious practices.
‘Inhuman workload’ during SIR: Complaint to NHRC flags deaths, cardiac arrests among BLOs
A complaint to the NHRC warns that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls is driving booth-level officers to collapses, cardiac arrests and deaths amid “inhuman” pressure, while simultaneously enabling mass voter deletions across multiple States.
NHRC pulls up Haryana Police for failing to act in father’s acid attack, attempted murder of teen
Mouli Sharma & Vishnu Khanawalia
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a conditional summons to the Superintendent of Police (SP), Bhiwani, over the...
UP: NHRC, SHRC issue notice to Bareilly Police over torture, illegal detention of Muslim men
The National Human Rights Commission and the Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have issued notices to Bareilly Police in Uttar Pradesh over serious allegations of illegal detention and custodial torture of seven Muslim men in Bareilly, falsely accused of being part of a “conversion racket.”
NHRC takes suo motu cognizance of Agra cremation after family fails to arrive in time
The National Human Rights Commission has sought a report from Uttar Pradesh authorities after police in Agra cremated a man’s body without his family...
