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India to host international human rights event IANS | New Delhi August 29, 2014 Last Updated at 23:36 IST
India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will host the three-day annual
general meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of national human rights panels, said a
statement Friday.
The APF is one of the four regional networks of national human rights institutions
(NHRIs) within the international co-ordinating committee of NHRIs.
The event will open on Sep 3 and end Sep 5.
The dialogue will provide an opportunity for APF's NHRIs and civil society
representatives to discuss practical and constructive ways in which they can engage
and cooperate on the APF's Strategic Plan (2015-2020), the statement said.
India to host international human rights event Big News Network (IANS)Friday 29th August, 2014
India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will host the three-day annual
general meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of national human rights panels, said a
statement Friday.
The APF is one of the four regional networks of national human rights institutions
(NHRIs) within the international co-ordinating committee of NHRIs.
The event will open on Sep 3 and end Sep 5.
The dialogue will provide an opportunity for APF's NHRIs and civil society
representatives to discuss practical and constructive ways in which they can engage and
cooperate on the APF's Strategic Plan (2015-2020), the statement said.
TwoCircles.net
India to host international human rights event
Submitted by IANS on 30 August 2014 - 5:53am
New Delhi: India's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will host the
three-day annual general meeting of the Asia Pacific Forum of national
human rights panels, said a statement Friday.
The APF is one of the four regional networks of national human rights
institutions (NHRIs) within the international co-ordinating committee of
NHRIs.
The event will open on Sep 3 and end Sep 5.
The dialogue will provide an opportunity for APF's NHRIs and civil society
representatives to discuss practical and constructive ways in which they can
engage and cooperate on the APF's Strategic Plan (2015-2020), the
statement said.
Monday, September 01, 2014
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times Bhopal, August 30, 2014
Open hearing of NHRC to review 119 cases in
Bhopal on September 10, 11
In all, 119 cases of alleged human rights violations would come up for review at an
open hearing of the National Human Rights Commission to be held on September 10
and 11 in Bhopal. Of these, 74 cases are of atrocities against scheduled caste persons,
while 14 cases are specifically related to violations of rights of persons in police
custody.
The full bench of the commission, inclusive of the chairperson Justice KG
Balakrishnan and members Justices Cyriac Joseph and D Murugesan and SC Sinha,
would hear the cases at the RCVP Noronha Academy of Administration.
The full bench would hear 31 cases from 10.00 am till lunchtime on September 11.
The rest of the cases would be heard by single or double member benches on
September 10 and in post-lunch session of September 11. On September 12, the
commission members would meet the representatives of NGOs, the chief secretary of
state, the director general of police and other senior administrative and police
officials.
CS directive
In view of the upcoming open hearing, the chief secretary Anthony de Sa on Friday
held a videoconferencing with district collectors of over a dozen districts to which the
cases pertain. The chief secretary reviewed the status of the action taken in connection
with the complaints and the consequent notices of the NHRC.
After finding that many districts did not take the notices of the commission too
seriously, the district collectors were asked the resolve the cases at the earliest and pay
compensation to affected parties as and where required.
The chief secretary asked the collectors to send out the compliance report to the
NHRC and also to the human rights cell of the state general administration department
so that update on the compliance could be maintained and ensured. The director
general of police Nandan Dubey was present on the occasion.
56 bonded labourers rescued from Brick Kiln owner in J&K
Press Trust of India | New Delhi August 30, 2014 Last Updated at 19:45 IST
Forty-year-old Pappu has toiled day and night at a brick kiln in Jammu. He spent days without food and water and was made to work rigourously for three months before being rescued by an NGO.
He along with 55 others were in Delhi today sharing their painful tale.
A city-based organisation Bandhu Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labour Liberation Front) had rescued the 55 labourers, which included 21 women, from the brick kiln contractor in R S Pura sector of Jammu on Aug 27.
The rescued persons belong to different regions like Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Nayagarh in Odisha and Bilaspur, Jangir and Balodha Bazaar districts of Chattisgarh. They were allegedly purchased on an average advance payment of 15,000-20,000 rupees and were made to toil in pathetic conditions- without proper food, water or medical facilities. Swami Agnivesh, founder of the Bandhu Mukti Morcha (BMM) said, "This is not happening for the first time, we have had a bitter experience in Jammu and Kashmir. We've been raising this issue for the past two-and-half years.
Nirmal Gorana, Executive Director at BMM, who led the rescue opeartion, claimed that none of the contractors had a licence.
"None of the contractors have a license under the 1979 Migrant Workmen act. There is no record of the wages they are giving out, the number of bricks the labourers are making", says Gorana.
Pappu, who was rescued with his family, recalls that the workers were made to toil from as early as 4 a.M. Till late in the night. No proper food or water was available to them. They were forced to work without pay for three months.
The team at BMM who undertook the rescue operation said that even the National Human Rights Commission is helpless.
"I spoke to officials from NHRC yesterday, told them about these people who have come to me. I was told they can't do anything, it is out of their area of jurisdiction. NHRC is pleading helplessness, say they dont have any authority," said the BMM founder. Now, BMM is planning to take up the issue of bonded labourers to Supreme Court to curb trafficking of people as bonded labour.
56 bonded labourers rescued from Brick Kiln owner in J&K
Last Updated: Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 19:53
New Delhi: Forty-year-old Pappu has toiled day and night at a brick kiln in Jammu. He spent
days without food and water and was made to work rigourously for three months before being
rescued by an NGO.
He along with 55 others were in Delhi today sharing their painful tale.
A city-based organisation Bandhu Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labour Liberation Front) had rescued
the 55 labourers, which included 21 women, from the brick kiln contractor in RS Pura sector of
Jammu on Aug 27.
The rescued persons belong to different regions like Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, Nayagarh in
Odisha and Bilaspur, Jangir and Balodha Bazaar districts of Chattisgarh. They were allegedly
purchased on an average advance payment of 15,000-20,000 rupees and were made to toil in
pathetic conditions- without proper food, water or medical facilities.
Swami Agnivesh, founder of the Bandhu Mukti Morcha (BMM) said, "This is not happening for
the first time, we have had a bitter experience in Jammu and Kashmir. We've been raising this
issue for the past two-and-half years.
Nirmal Gorana, Executive Director at BMM, who led the rescue opeartion, claimed that none of
the contractors had a licence.
"None of the contractors have a license under the 1979 Migrant Workmen act. There is no record
of the wages they are giving out, the number of bricks the labourers are making", says Gorana.
Pappu, who was rescued with his family, recalls that the workers were made to toil from as early
as 4 a.M. Till late in the night. No proper food or water was available to them. They were forced
to work without pay for three months.
The team at BMM who undertook the rescue operation said that even the National Human Rights
Commission is helpless.
"I spoke to officials from NHRC yesterday, told them about these people who have come to me.
I was told they can't do anything, it is out of their area of jurisdiction. NHRC is pleading
helplessness, say they dont have any authority," said the BMM founder.
Now, BMM is planning to take up the issue of bonded labourers to Supreme Court to curb
trafficking of people as bonded labour.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 19:53
NHRC seeks ATR on molestation of three Odisha tribal girl students
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Aug 30:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Odisha government to submit within six weeks an action taken report (ATR) on the alleged molestation of three tribal girl students inside the hostel by a watchman of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Bolangir district on March 24 this year.
The directive of the Commission came in response to a complaint filed by well-known rights activist and Odisha High Court advocate Prabir Das.
As per the complaint lodged by Das, three girls, two from class 8 and one from class 7 of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Kholan village under Titlagarh police station limits in Bolangir district, were allegedly molested by a male watchman while they were asleep inside their hostel room on the night on March 24.
Bringing to the notice of the Commission, Das said the shocking incident took place as the school authorities had allowed the watchman Ratnakar Ghivela to sleep inside the girls’ hostel premises, something that facilitated his alleged sexual assault.
Acting on an earlier directive of the Commission, the Bolangir SP had submitted a report of the SDPO, Titlagarh to the Commission on May 14 this year.
Though the authorities of the School and Mass Education department were well aware of several incidents of such nature happening since November 19 last year, it was only confined to departmental proceedings, the report said.
Having considered the facts discovered by the inquiry officer, the Commission, in an order issued on August 13 this year, directed the principal secretary, School and Mass Education to submit the ATR in the matter within six weeks.
It also asked SP, Bolangir to submit the status report of the investigation and the district collector to submit a report relating to financial assistance to the parents of girl victims under the SC/ST Rules 1995 within the said period.