Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: NHRC

In UP, Dalits have been subjected to harassment by upper-caste men: NHRC while taking suo motu cognizance of Hathras incident

National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, takes suo motu cognizance of the matter over reported gang rape and brutality of 19 year old Dalit woman by upper-caste Hindu men in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh.

Admit Varavara Rao to private hospital, NHRC orders to Maharashtra govt

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has ordered jailed 80-year-old poet Varavara Rao who contracted Covid-19 in prison be moved to a private facility for treatment after his family said he was being neglected

NHRC Covid-19 experts committee demands to release Rao on Parole

The members of the recently constituted Committee of Experts to assess the Impact of C0VID-I9 pandemic on human rights by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) have raised their concerns to H. L. Dattu, Chairman of NHRC about the health status of Varavara Rao, a renowned poet, writer who has been kept in Taloja jail for the last 22 months.

NHRC notice to UP Govt over death of a child due to medical negligence

The family of the victim child has reportedly said that the doctors refused to treat him and even did not bother to touch the child. The family has alleged that due to sheer negligence by the doctors, the treatment to save the life of the child was not provided in time, which resulted into death of their son.

In Tamilnadu, 15 police killings but not a single chargesheet, Kanimozhi MP’s letter to NHRC (full text)

Kanimozhi alleged that there have been 15 incidents of custodial deaths in the State but not a single chargesheet has been filed against officials who were responsible for it.

Lockdown: Human Rights Commission tells govt to address concerns of mentally ill

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to address the concerns of mentally ill people during the coronavirus lockdown.