New Delhi: District-level data collection on climate change, creation of a “climate-risk atlas” and realigning of CSR subjects with environmental issues to re-focus from urban to rural areas are among the suggestions made by a core advisory group of the NHRC, officials said on Tuesday. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) organised a meeting of … Read more
Hyderabad: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a complaint from residents of Lagcherla village in Vikarabad district, Telangana, alleging police harassment, physical abuse, and false criminal charges. In response to the gravity of the allegations, the NHRC has issued notices to Telangana’s chief secretary and director general of Police … Read more
New Delhi: NHRC’s acting Chairperson Vijaya Bharathi Sayani on Friday invoked the case of alleged sexual harassment of women at Sandeshkhali in West Bengal, as she recalled some of the strong words the rights panel used in its scathing report after its on-spot inquiry into the matter. She made the remarks while addressing an event … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the rising loss of lives through road accidents, infringing on right to life. The commission also highlighted the excessive use of force by security personnel against protesters in the country. During the presentation of its eighth monthly dashboard report at its headquarters in Abuja, … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in her second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed her demand for a “stringent central legislation on incidents of rape” and apprised him about the steps taken by the state government on women’s safety and security. She further claimed that she had not received a response … Read more
On 31 July, the eve of the 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued an advisory to guide the conduct of the street demonstrations. Organisers called for protests, which began on 1 August, against rising living costs resulting from President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies and general bad governance. The advisory, drawing on … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the killing of 16-year-old Isma’il Muhammed by a soldier during the #EndBadGovernance protest in Zaria, Kaduna State, on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army admitted that the boy was killed by one of its soldiers. In a statement posted via its X handle on Friday, the NHRC … Read more
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for evidence of human rights abuses perpetrated against any Nigerian journalists and even law enforcement agents during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests for investigation and necessary actions. The Executive Secretary of the NHRC, Anthony Ojukwu, made this call on Monday as he lamented the use of force to … Read more
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday said that its intervetion led to the arrest of 23 accused persons in Rajasthan for allegedly selling girls, mostly minors on stamp papers for physical abuse and sexual assault in various parts of the country and abroad. The NHRC observed that given the registration of … Read more
